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Re: Tyrannosaurus "Scavenger vs. Predator" debate - Some questions for Dr. Jack Horner:



I myself have had triceratops horns with rex sized bite marks on them....all
of them with signs of healed tissue surrounding them......
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilson, Yvonne" <WilsonY@CarnegieMuseums.Org>
To: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 11:44 AM
Subject: FW: Tyrannosaurus "Scavenger vs. Predator" debate - Some questions
for Dr. Jack Horner:


> To Horner's credit, I don't think he takes the "exclusive scavenger" idea
> seriously himself.  When he gave a talk in Pittsburgh to support his "T.
rex
> on Trial" exhibit, he said that he only stated it that way so that it
could
> be disproven.  It seems to have been so with the healed bitemarks, whether
> he will admit it or not.  (If he admits it, he is out of the limelight.)
> Face it, the guy is purposely making headlines in order to have money for
> his hadrosaur research.  He doesn't even like T. rex.  He said they would
> interest him if he found one he could fit in a paper bag.
>
> He's not stupid.  He's funding savvy.
>
>
> Yvonne M. Wilson
> Division of Education
> Carnegie Museum of Natural History
> 4400 Forbes Avenue
> Pittsburgh, PA  15213
> 412-578-2456