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RE: Warm-Blooded debate

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: RE: Warm-Blooded debate
From: Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 19:18:30 -0700
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At 09:57 PM 6/16/97 -0600, Douglas W. Lewis wrote:
>... But it could also be that they wouldn't be very active in between
>hunts. ...

Of course the same thing is true of many large modern endothermic
predators.  Lions are notoriously "lazy" when not hunting.

[Mind, I do suspect that most dinosaurs at least had a higher metabolism
than modern ectotherms].

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References:
- RE: Warm-Blooded debate
  - From: "Douglas W. Lewis" <dwlewis@rmii.com>

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