Re: Horner on NBC Nightly News

[Dinogeorge@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/18/01 3:22:22 AM EST, chris_collinson@hotmail.com writes:

<< I really can't understand why Horner is so stubborn not to believe T-rex
was
 a predator. The leg proportions are exactly that of a scaled up
 ornithomisaur, so it could run quite fast. It had the biomechanics of a bird
 not an elephant and so had pneaumatitized bone making the beast much lighter
 and nimbler, than would be expected for such a large animal. >>

You might consider the possibility that Tyrannosaurus occupied different
niches at different times in its life. Perhaps it was a predator while young
and relatively small, then became a scavenger when older and huge.