Re: The absurdity, the absurdity (was: Cooperating theropods?)

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

> > > "Typical male response?"  I'd check my sources before making comments
> > > like this.  You just wind up looking really stupid.  Female bison and
> > > buffalo carry horns.  Most, but not all, genera of antelope also carry
> > > horns. Female elk and moose (which are the same species, which I should
> > > have remembered but didn't), like most cervids, do not have antlers.
> > > Reindeer (or caribou, if you prefer), another prey species of wolves, do
> > > indeed have antlers.
>> since CHRIS posted a list of horned and antlered animals where 2 out of
>> 5 were sexually dimorphic so that fully half that species had no antlers
>> whatsoever, I think CHRIS had better check his sources (like who said
>> what) or wind up looking etc.
> No, only one was sexually dimorphic.  And I never said they weren't.
> Elk and moose, FYI, are the same animal.  One's just a European name.  I
> never said anything that was incorrect; you said that all of these
> animals lacked horns (or antlers, as the case may be), which is not the
> case.

I'm really tempted here to use your own methods but...
Having encountered BOTH animals in the wild I assure you they are
different animals.
Moose are spatulated-antlered animals that live near ponds in the North
feeding on pond weeds-the males have beards.  And they're MUCH bigger
than elk.  
Elk look like big Red deer.  We have Tule Elk closest to us here in
California.

Would you care to check your facts? ;]  

>> Can we keep the discussion civil?
> Hey, when you correct me (incorrectly) and generalize on basis of
> gender, you throw civility right out the window.  If you wanna keep it
> civil, leave out the gender bias and get your facts straight before
> telling me I'm wrong.  I have nothing against being corrected, but when
> the corrections are obviously incorrect I get a little irritated.

same here LOL (see Elk and Moose above)

>> If you were upset about the way I phrased the posting, it's my odd sense
>> of humor and wasn't to be taking as a personal attack.

> Alright, I apologize if I overreacted.
>> I was wrong about buffaloes, forgot they were Bovines-'nuff said
> Fine, done, let's eat.