Re: late night thoughts: misunderstand what?

[Anthony Docimo <keenir@hotmail.com>]

> > 2). The peculiar vulnerability of the sauropod physique was the reason 
> > they went so overboard on size (trying to keep those necks out of reach).
>
> I suspect a well-aimed bite by a tyrannosaur could possibly have 
> incapacitated an adult sauropod. HOWEVER - sauropods are unlikely to have 
> coorperated by standing nice and still to allow for such a well-aimed bite. 
> I'm not sure how stealthy a multi-tonne tyrannosaur could have been, but 
> I'm guessing most saurpods would have known about them long before the 
> predator was within striking range, and taken appropriate counter measures 
> (ie. diplodocids probably 'turned the other cheek' to put a swinging tail 
> between the predator and their own 'vulnerable' heads).

what would happen if the tyrannosaur bit down into the tail?
(my guess: the sauropod would bleed to death, no matter what happens with 
the tyrannosaur)

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