Re: Definition of "scavenging"

["Tomporowski, Steve" <Steve.Tomporowski@us.ms.philips.com>]

I think the de Camp book (yeah, I read it too) dates back to late sixties 
(1968 comes to mind).  If I remember correctly, he had an opening scene 
where a croc out-smarts a Tyrannosaur which he had mindlessly charging 
around bellowing, having no clue that the croc pulled the carcass into the 
water.  Pissed me off as a kid......;)
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From: Dinogeorge
To: kodiak; dinosaur
Subject: Re: Definition of "scavenging"
Date: Monday, February 02, 1998 2:12PM

In a message dated 98-02-02 12:43:20 EST, kodiak@inetworld.net writes:

<< And isn't it more likely than not that a T. rex, using it's imposing
 size (and attitude), would steal kills from any smaller predator (including
 other T. rex's) at every possible opportunity? >>

I think of this as the "de Camp" hypothesis, since I saw it first in the 
book
_Day of the Dinosaur_ by L. Sprague & Catherine Crook de Camp, back in the
early 1970s. Any earlier references to the idea that larger-size dinosaur
predators evolved their larger size in order to "hijack" (as the de Camps 
put
it) carcasses killed by smaller dino-predators?