Re: Giant carnivorous geese

[Stephen Wroe <swroe@bio.usyd.edu.au>]

Stephen Wroe wrote:
>
> Yup - you raise a couple of interesting points. Certainly I'd agree that
> the eyes of Bullockornis are not large when compared to modern raptors...

Dan Pigdon wrote:
>
> Relative to skull size, or in absolute terms? An eye as keen as an
> eagle's would be just as keen regardless of the size of the skull it was
> in. Whales have tiny eyes relative to their body size, but in absolute
> terms their eye balls are enormous. I suspect the same was true of
> Tyrannosaurs. Their eyes look small relative to their skull size, but in
> absolute terms I'm guessing their eyes were way bigger than mine. I
> certainly wouldn't try standing still in front of one, hoping it didn't
> see me!

Thanks Dan - glad to stand corrected on this one

Steve





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