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

[Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

"Michael Schmidt" <dmschmidt@sprint.ca> writes:
> I myself have had triceratops horns with rex sized bite marks on 
> them....all
> of them with signs of healed tissue surrounding them......

Michael,
If your horn problem ever reoccurs, I suggest finding a good osteopathic
surgeon, pronto. ;-)

Seriously, have these tooth marked specimens been published?  They appear
to provide important behavioral and paleoenvironmental data on both T.
rex and Triceratops.  I'm puzzled, though.  I can understand why a
Triceratops would fend-off an attack with its horns, but I am struggling
to understand why a T. rex would waste its energy biting the horns of a
Triceratops.

<pb>
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> ----- 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
> 
> 
> 
> 


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