Re: Jurassic Park 4 Script Review

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Scott Hartman wrote:

> As for why not trees, because the ARE NOT built for it.  Sure, they could 
> get up in trees, just like goats can, but they aren't built to habitually 
> utilize arboreal perches in their prey aquisition.

True: no non-avian theropod is specialized for tree-climbing or perching.  
Far from it, in fact.  I think this also applies to _Archaeopteryx_, which 
has extremely rudimentary climbing and perching abilities.

However, it should be remembered that the vegetation was a lot different in 
the earlier Jurassic, back when theropods are thought to have first 
experimented with aerial locomotion.  I think the prevalence of cycads would 
have made climbing and 'perching' a lot easier for small theropods.



Tim

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