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Re: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?

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Subject: Re: Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?
From: David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:21:55 +0100
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Original paper (free access):

http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050022

> This article argues, among other items, that predatory
> dinosaurs were able to achieve much greater body sizes
> than predatory mammals due to lower resting metabolic
> rates:

Well, it devotes one whole sentence to this question, and doesn't take the 
possibility into account that very large carnivores might preferably hunt prey 
much bigger than themselves...
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References:
- Carnivore Energetics: Why Are Lions Not As Big As Elephants?
  - From: Guy Leahy <xrciseguy@sbcglobal.net>

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