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Re: alvarezsaurid arms

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Subject: Re: alvarezsaurid arms
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:57:43 +0100
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> Which means that they could send dirt back between their legs just
> by flexing that muscle with their arms held normally under their body.
Know
> what I mean?

They would at best have sent said dirt against their pubes, if it didn't get
stuck in the belly feathers. I rather think they stood next to termite
mounds and broke chunks off with their claws which point towards each other.
Was mediolateral movement or rotation of the humeri possible?

References:
- RE: alvarezsaurid arms
  - From: "Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>
- Re: alvarezsaurid arms
  - From: "Demetrios M Vital" <vita0015@umn.edu>

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