Re: PTEROSAURS: AVIAN ANCESTORS?

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

Lineman wear artificial protective padding.  T rexes don't.  And yes,
people die playing football-usually of snapped necks (even WITH the
protective padding)

Race horses that collide during a race are usually too damaged to treat
and are usually destroyed.
The jockey (not padded) is usually very very broken if not killed
outright.
I have a friend who was a professional jockey till a collision and fall
caused the horses' hooves to crush his chest and rip his throat out.
The scarring is way impressive.

-Betty Cunningham

Stewart, Dwight wrote:
>         I've thought a lot about this one & frankly wonder how an NFL
> lineman ever recovers from a high speed collision??? :-)  Large animals,
> LIKE NFL lineman are inclined to be pretty darn sturdy.  And if
> Tyrannosaurus Rex was as muscular as it now SEEMS he or she was, then
> falling down, even while running at it's top speed should not prove too
> catastrophic.  Yes, T. rex was much taller AND longer than MOST NFL linemen,
> but wouldn't a lot of that massive body be hard muscle?
>         Muscle is a terrific shock absorber.  Also, Tyrannosaurus rex (as it
> is envisioned now) looks pretty well balanced to my 49 year old physicist's
> eyes.  :-)  I suspect he/she would be mighty doggone difficult to trip up!
> Elephants & rhinos take some pretty nasty spills & (usually) shrug it off.