from the Discovery Channel website:
Posted on 06/23/2011 5:27:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Tyrannosaurids... formidable but solitary and dull-witted creatures because their skeletons were found alone. But new research based on finds in the Gobi Desert suggests that the species was not only equipped with the build and speed for pack hunting, but also the brain capacity to work together as a team, experts claim. Dr Philip Currie, of the University of Alberta, said that evidence from 90 skeletons of Tarbosaurus Bataar -- a cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex -- suggested strongly that about half a dozen of the dinosaurs were part of a social group that died together. He said Tyrannosaurids' hunting technique may have involved juveniles chasing and catching prey, with fully grown adults taking over and delivering the fatal bites. This is because younger Tyrannosaurids' skeletons show they would have been faster and more agile than adults, which were slower but much heavier and more powerful. The close similarities between the Tyrannosaurid family -- as well as evidence from a quarry site in South Dakota, USA where three Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons were found in close proximity -- mean that Tyrannosauruses would likely have been capable of the same behaviour as their cousins, Dr Currie said.
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That is sooo sensuous.(Sensuous up get me sumpin' to eat...)
;D
You know, Joe, the greatest tragedy in that movie was that that beastie didn’t bite that schmuck in 2.
In the book, he died!
But didn’t T Rex eat the lawyer? Isn’t that almost as good?
LOLOLOL!
That is just *goofy*!
[Edward G Robinson is “The Salamander”]
:D
No wonder they went extinct - a too effective apex predator.
I don't really know? I haven't tried either kind. But Ima a guessing schmucks and shysters both taste like shhh...chicken.
Darn shame we couldn’t let some loose in DC. After all, there are already plenty of dinosaurs there.
“Ah a liberal democrat to munch on!”
They hunted in packs [insert the “real reason dinos went extinct” Far Side graphic here (we can’t use it on FR].
Which goes to show you, depending on juveniles to do their share of work inevitably leads to extinction.
IAN. FREEZE!!!
You remember that chicken sandwich you had earlier? Wasn’t chicken...
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