Re: How Did T.Rex and other Dinosaurs Sleep?

[don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>]

To a pick a humorous nit; extrapolating from the
extant population, flesh-eating therapods might not
have tasted good... 

On the other hand, I have known several herbivores
capable of holding grudges; Mrs. Thompson's milk cow
and a quarterhorse named Highball both come to mind.

Don

--- GSP1954@aol.com wrote:

> 
> In a message dated 12/3/05 2:02:26 PM,
> rtravsky@uwyo.edu writes:
> 
> << > Being gigantic predators there is no reasonable
> doubt that tyrannosaurs 
> et
> > al. spent much time sleeping, probably resting on
> their pubic boots and 
> tails
> > which would allow them to get up quickly if they
> needed to. Resting on the 
> side
> > when sleeping would be less safe, and might impair
> respiration as is true in
> 
> Safe from what? At least, in the tyrannosaurs' case
> ;) >>
> 
> >From other tyrannosaurs who would be happy to make
> a meal of another 
> tyrannosaur, and perhaps reduce competition. They
> were good eating from what I hear. 
> 
> And then there were ceratopsids with a grudge. 
> 
> G Paul
> 
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