Re: theropod scavenging

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/15/02 8:28:12 AM Pacific Standard Time, psparks@crosslink.net writes:


<< according to animalplanet and a couple books the molecules that contribute
to smell are heavy and tend to sink to the ground. Have you ever got down
and sniffed where blood hounds snif. I have and there is a lot more to smell
down there than at our nose level. I think that the get up and smell idea is
an old wives tale. >>

       The Turkey Vulture uses its keen olfactory system in locating carrion and it's WAY up there. See: http://www.petersononline.com/birds/month/tuvu/
       DV

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