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Re: cause of Gigantism in sauropods

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Subject: Re: cause of Gigantism in sauropods
From: "Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:21:28 -0700
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2011, Raptorial Talon wrote:

[...]

And it seems to me that slicing is just what is needed.


To do what exactly? Clamp off the blood vessels? I think we're talking
past each other here.


Hobbling or weakening perhaps. Slicing off chunks for eating? Not sure
about that. Claws vs teeth? I would think slicing by claws might be
safer (for the predator) than biting.

[...]

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