Re: (Fwd) Large Dino Growth

[Flyinggoat@aol.com]

>The thing to keep in mind is the sort of trees involved.  The trees
>the elephants are pushing over are *small* savanna trees, no >more than 50
feet or so tall, and with trunks no more than 6-8 >inches in diameter.

Well, as phrased, yes, elephants don't >push< over *large* trees.  They
actually shred the bark and surface wood to tiny bits to get at the moisture
in the 12 to 20 ft circumfirence Baobab trees, leaving very little of the
tree in one piece.  But this method is unlikely for saurapods given their
equipment for doing something like this.  (oh, yeah, they rasp the bark off
with their tongue-right.)

Betty Cunningham(Flyinggoat@aol.com)
"So tell me, have you found any saurapod hickeys on any trees  lately?"