Re: Sloping terrain Re: Woman against Abelisaur

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

On Sun, July 24, 2011 12:38 pm, Don Ohmes wrote:

> Also -- I again urge DML listers who have any interest whatsoever in
> this to go into steep or swampy terrain as obligate bipeds (in other
> words, no hands allowed, period) -- how far you DON'T get before you
> have to put your hands down is informative as to what the larger
> theropods could do and ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT do.
>
Well, to be fair, we are obligate bipeds with about the stupidest stance
that evolution could come up with and still be successful! Far better
balance when you have front quarters and a balancing tail...

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