Re: Warm-Blooded debate

["Tony Canning" <tonyc@foe.co.uk>]

On Jun 21, 11:22pm, GSP1954@aol.com wrote:
> Subject: Re: Warm-Blooded debate
> It is in fact true that crocs are hard pressed to combat mammals after the
> initial rush. A few years ago in Natl Goeg a photo showed a huge Nile croc
> holding onto the head of a wildebeest half its size. The antelope had
> succeeded in resisting being immediately dragged into the river and drowned,
> and kept from being dragged in for 20 minutes until more crocs came by and
> got it. Both the aerobic and anaerobic power systems of reptiles are very
> limited.
>
>
> GSPaul
>-- End of excerpt from GSP1954@aol.com

Agreed, all endotherms have far greater stamina, and crocs are largely
sit-and-wait predators.    Foraging ectotherms (I'm not just thinking about
reptiles here) do not collapse with exhaustion after every prey capture
attempt..

Tony

tonyc@foe.co.uk