Re: late night thoughts: not all T. rexes were adults

["Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>]

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Scott wrote:
> which basically was the running human hunter strategy--we may not be as fast
> as you, but we endure better...

Rex as a persistence hunter? hmmm

> Scott Perry
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Conway" <john.a.conway@gmail.com>
> To: <adgrass@gmail.com>
> Cc: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 10:43 AM
> Subject: Re: late night thoughts: not all T. rexes were adults
>
> > Andy Grass wrote:
> > > [...]
> > I've always been bothered by the idea that fully-grown /T. rex/ were
> > ambush predators. Their long slender limbs and high CG seem utterly
> > unsuited to "jumping out from behind a bush" to me.
> >
> > My armwaving guess is that they walked down sick/old/injured prey,
> > relying on those long legs to give a more efficient gait. When the  prey
> > were sick of walking and exhausted: CHOMP!