On Sat, Jul 15, 2006 at 08:53:39PM +0000, Phillip Bigelow scripsit: [snip]Sadly, in _T. rex_'s case, the animals usually died only a few years after they first experience the "wonders of procreation". Not to mention having to endure the hassle of being attacked and beaten up on a nearly daily basis after you reach adulthood.
The other thing this does is make a hash out of pack-forming; the
Not necessarily.
breeding pair doesn't last long enough to raise their own offspring, so how does the pack form?
It could be a loose pack, members coming and going. Or just small groups. Or grooups of just/mostly males... Or...
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