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Post by [][][]cordylus[][][] on Jan 19, 2009 5:02:21 GMT
^^ I don't think they would need to be. Maybe they would be slightly venomous, but they wouldn't use it for anything.
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Post by Tyrannax on Jan 19, 2009 5:27:22 GMT
Poisonous? Doubtful.
Bacteria filled? More likely.
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Post by tetonbabydoll on Jan 19, 2009 7:41:03 GMT
Sure. Why not?
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Post by arioch on Jan 19, 2009 9:35:06 GMT
Nothing is out of the question (Mind you, even platypus are venomous...and its a mammal!...well , kinda)...but as i said, venom exists in certain animal to cover some weakness, and i don´t see where is the weakness of bipedal ( that means in the worst case, not precisely slow) predators with big mouths with serrated teeth. What do you mean? IT produces young for its young, ergo it must be a mammal. And everyone forgets red-tooth shrews, which are also venomous. I know it. I said "kinda" for how weird platypus look (and are).
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Post by ningishzida on Jan 19, 2009 13:05:35 GMT
I don´t think so. Poisonous bite, or bacteria is an alternative when the predator jaws isn´t enough strong, or they lack the anatomy adaptations needed to grab the prey or kill it fast. This is the case of Komodos. But theropods, with their big slicing teeth who works wonders, and bipedal condition had enough weapons to kill effectively and relatively fast medium and large prey, or chase them when the prey attempt to flee. Nature doesnt develop such resources if theres no need of it. Most theropods had relatively weak jaws compared to crocodiles. The thin, blade like teeth of most theropods would break if they bit down on bone. They are designed exactly like many monitor lizards, excellent for slicing flesh, but not crushing bones or turtle shells. It probably would be extremely difficult for them to quickly kill a large sauropod, so very likely relied on infection/saliva to kill lagre prey like this. But like monitor lizards, much of their prey may have been small and swallowed whole. Like monitor lizards as well, theropod heads were designed to swallow huge lumps of flesh/ whole animals. These teeth are so similar that these animals probably had a similar feeding strategy. And contrary to another post here, yes, most monitor teeth look lke miniatures of typical theropod teeth, NOT snake teeth. They are designed for cutting and have the same serrated edges. I have scars from a large water monitor whose teeth sliced through my flesh and skin like butter, and required sutures to heal. The exception to this are the thick teeth, tough, crushing teeth of tyrannosaurus and spinosaurus, both of which logically having powerful jaws to suit their teeth..
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