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RE: Sauropod-eating snakes

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Subject: RE: Sauropod-eating snakes
From: Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 15:14:30 -0800 (PST)
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Brian Choo <bchoo@museum.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Immediately brought to mind William Stout's 1981 madstoiid
> vs  titanosaur battle in "The New Dinosaurs".

Damn, me too!!!  The illustration Brian is referring to is here:

http://cafe.naver.com/rhflseh.cafe?iframe_url=/ArticleRead.nhn%3Farticleid=24

Alas, it appears that madtsoiids like _Sanajeh_ lacked a large enough gape to 
swallow a big titanosaur whole.  So they were stuck with targeting hatchlings 
and eggs (after crushing them first).

Cheers

Tim

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