RE: Bitten Ornithopod on This Side Of Hell?

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

Tim D. wrote-
> Even that may be dubious if P.Currie is right. He attributed the great 
> variety of LK small theropods to gregarious behavior and pack hunting among 
> tyrannosaurs. In his view, young tyrannosaurs did not hunt small prey such 
> as thescelosaurs but feasted on carcasses of large dinos killed by adults, 
> leaving small predator niches open for other theropods.

But there is still no reason why a young tyrannosaur might not occasionally 
go after smaller prey.  Modern day predators do this too, even in species 
where the parents bring them food.


Nick Gardner
Paleoartist
AIM Eoraptor22

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