Re: Dr. Bakker and Dinosaur intellegence (was: Fwd: Bakkermania!)

["Larry Dunn" <larrydunn@hotmail.com>]

From: "Matthew Troutman" <m_troutman@hotmail.com>

>May I ask what kind of behaviors?  

The most commonly-alleged one is pack hunting (cooperative hunting of 
large animals in which multiple individuals attack the animal, with one 
serving as a leader).  

As I've said, I don't deny that many extant archosaurs show some social 
behavior (often very sophisticated in birds), and it seems clear that 
dinosaurs socialized as well.  But this does not necessarily indicate 
pack-hunting.

That said, I'm not going to get drawn into another interminable thread 
with people insisting that there are no behavioral differences between 
the Classes (or, more absurdly, the Phyla!); read the archives if you 
care about my position on the mammal-saurs.

Larry

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