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Other scenarios: A kill is not necessarily needed, tearing off chunks not unlike a shark attack.
Could a rex kick? Thinking of ostriches or emus and clawed feet. Ambush hunting? Though one would think that with the height of the head on a sauropod â any sauropod â an ambush might
be hard to arrange. Given that long, stiff neck, just how agile would that Alamosaurus have to be to deal with an attack, fatal or not?
(Giraffe comes to mind) From: dinosaur-l-request@usc.edu
[mailto:dinosaur-l-request@usc.edu] On Behalf Of
Thomas Richard Holtz What Mike says is true for adults. But given that most dinosaurs spent most of their life cycle as not-fully-grown, how to kill a younger Alamosaurus? Neck bites would be the quick way, particularly with
the bone-crushing strength of a T. rex bite. Also, a disabling bite to the thigh or a massive bite on the abdomen might do the job. |