Re: Herbivore protection

[brucet@mindspring.com (bruce thompson)]

>>  Big, visible egg-layers in a hospitable place would
>>  likely have a surplus of predators, over and above the base
>>  number.
>
>While it is possible (even likely) that more predators took notice of
>hadrosaurs during nesting time, the new predators' numbers would still be
>limited by the year-round availability of their usual prey.  Hence, there
>would be a somewhat larger population of predators to satiate, but satiation
>would still be possible.

        Wonder if some duckbills made like African flamingoes, and nested
in inhospitable mineral flats.

bruce



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