Re: Inferring behaviour from ecomorphologies of feathered theropods

["Aspidel" <aspidel@wanadoo.be>]

From: "Ronald Orenstein" <ornstn@rogers.com>
>
> This is a repeat of something I posted around the time of the Ostrom
> Symposium, but there is one set of behaviours that I think we can impute
to
> feathered theropods with a reasonable amount of certainty - that is,
> grooming behaviours such as preening, feather-combing etc.  I cannot
> imagine how feathers could have been maintained in the state we see in
> fossils such as Caudipteryx if such behaviours were not present.
>

Did a paleoartist ever draw this? -:)
Friendly - Aspidel.