Making REAL dinos + T. rex hunting methods!

[bolesey]

Nov 21, 2008 8:11:20 GMT Tyrannax said:

Yes, I've read about that. It's very interesting, but its almost self explanatory that Tyrannosaurus wasn't just a scavenger. Jack Horner just wants attention and thinks he's a big man for saying he doesn't like T-Rex on t.v. OOhhh! That will make the kids and scientists like him! Don't say you don't like an animal on t.v....particularly the most popular animal that has ever existed.

Hey, just as an aside, do you have Horner's book on T.rex?

I HAD it. I read it long ago. Got rid of most of my dino books a few years back, in a fit of depression. I did manage to keep Baker's Dino Heresies though. First read it as a kid. I'll always have a soft spot for the crazy paleo guy!

[crazycrowman]

"First read it as a kid. I'll always have a soft spot for the crazy paleo guy!"

Same here - I enjoyed/enjoy that book a great deal :-)

[Tyrannax]

Nov 22, 2008 1:34:29 GMT bolesey said:

Nov 21, 2008 8:11:20 GMT Tyrannax said:

Yes, I've read about that. It's very interesting, but its almost self explanatory that Tyrannosaurus wasn't just a scavenger. Jack Horner just wants attention and thinks he's a big man for saying he doesn't like T-Rex on t.v. OOhhh! That will make the kids and scientists like him! Don't say you don't like an animal on t.v....particularly the most popular animal that has ever existed.

Hey, just as an aside, do you have Horner's book on T.rex?

I don't read struggles that aren't true. The man just wants attention by trying to make T-Rex a scavenger in the minds of people.

He just has a particular point of view. Not a particularly attractive vision, perhaps, but certainly a valid theory. Truth is we may never know for sure.

I think it comes down to whether Rex was fast and agile enough to catch dinner on the go, or was too big and ordered in....and we can't absolutely be sure one way or the other. I suspect it was a little of both. A matter of opportunity.

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

^ It was most certainly a matter of opportunity. Most of all the major predators today hunt and scavenge.

[Tyrannax]

Nov 22, 2008 15:22:33 GMT [][][]cordylus[][][] said:

^ It was most certainly a matter of opportunity. Most of all the major predators today hunt and scavenge.

Yup, but he thinks he was strictly a scavenger.

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

He wants his maiasaurs to get all the attention from trex.

[bolesey]

Nov 22, 2008 6:13:02 GMT Tyrannax said:

Nov 22, 2008 1:34:29 GMT bolesey said:

Hey, just as an aside, do you have Horner's book on T.rex?

I don't read struggles that aren't true. The man just wants attention by trying to make T-Rex a scavenger in the minds of people.

Actually I think you'd like it... it's pretty much the best book ever on T.rex. ... somehow I get the sense you have an affinity for the old tyrant lizard king.



It's got many illustrations, awesome artwork, interesting T.rex history, and some first-rate anatomical studies. Somehow it's a book that I find myself referring to all the time, even though it's now 15 years in print. He doesn't just cover the scavenger theory, he covers a lot of other people's theories and many different angles as well.

Anyway, I'll close with a revealing quote(from p218) :

"I'm not convinced T.rex was only a scavenger, though I will say so sometimes just to be contrary and get my colleagues arguing."

[Tyrannax]

Oh God, you have just proven my point. He wants attention. Doesn't he see how much evidence there is to completely obliterate that theory? Unless of course the carcass the Tyrant lizard was eating got up, walked away, and healed itself. ;D

Furthermore, what's the best and most knowledgeable book on all dinosaurs / prehistoric life in general..?

[[][][]cordylus[][][]]

There isn't a "best", but some are certainly better than others.

[bolesey]

Nov 23, 2008 3:22:40 GMT Tyrannax said:

Oh God, you have just proven my point. He wants attention.

Maybe, and that's entirely possible. I'm sure he's as human as the rest of us. But here's another way of looking at it. All this talk created a lot of media interest and has led to at least 2 documentaries and a touring exhibition.

That's pretty useful with all the field work, preparation and research that need funding. Horner has successfully funded a lot of work over the years, and dug up more T.rex specimens than anyone.