On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 08:37:34AM -0700, don ohmes scripsit:"..but looks like an unnecessary risk when the prey is twice as long and tall as the predator." --DM
What is risky about reaching up and grabbing a sauropod by the neck, if you match the physical description of a tyrannosaur? If your hold is 2m behind the head, you are 8m away from the front feet. Even that assumes no injury to the spine of the prey item, which would result in instant incapacitation of the prey.
Basic grappling rule; if you've got them, they've got you.
Correct. Altho grappling with teeth is a little different ;) Have done martial arts for maybe 25 years and grabs are not without risk.
A T. rex trying to neck-bite a sauropod is not biting into a fleshy neck; it's a very bony neck, with the vital bits fairly buried. If the
Any specimens with bite marks?
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