Re: T. REX THE HUNTER

[Stanley Friesen <sarima@ix.netcom.com>]

At 09:14 AM 2/11/98 -0500, Jonathon Woolf wrote:
>... there is no modern example of a
>large land meat-eater that lives exclusively on carrion.  Few meat-
>eaters will pass up a free meal, 

This is simple energy economics folks.

I mean, how many of *you* will pass up a free meal?

Hunting costs energy.

>but they're all effective enough 
>hunters to get by on what they kill themselves.

But if there are no free meals ...

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