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And here's one for the thinks...

posted by [personal profile] mmoa_writes at 05:38pm on 17/09/2009 under , , , , , , ,
 ...did you know that Tyrannosaurus Rex lived in family groups? In the unlikelihood of  a 'Jurassic Park' scenario, I feel I'm safe in finding this fact rather endearing.

And I just got this from physicsworld titled 'The Quantum Life'. Pretty fascinating stuff. I'm a bit annoyed that that's the only one out of three articles I wanted to read that I apparently have access to. To send me email notification for articles I'm not allowed to read is such teasing (and they seemed so interesting too), bordering on cruel...! *sniffs*

EDIT: Coming across this article is one of those bizarre coincidences. I was actually (loosely) discussing Shah Hussain yesterday on my way home from the NT with [livejournal.com profile] athenethequeen and here he is mentioned by name in a Times online article.

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posted by [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com at 06:34pm on 17/09/2009
It's not so surprising when you remember that nowadays it is damned near impossible to separate smaller theropods from birds. Aside from the apes, today's dinosaurs are one of the primary examples of organisms that care for their families.

So that's hardly surprising.
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posted by [identity profile] mmoa.livejournal.com at 06:52pm on 17/09/2009
I always thought of them as over-sized scavengers, which is mistaken I now know. I generally hear about raptors hunting as packs, but never about T-Rex's (until this morning that is) which is why I did find it rather surprising.

And - you will laugh - it just never looked like a homebody type of dinosaur. Granted, you could say that about quite a few birds of prey today...
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posted by [identity profile] underlankers.livejournal.com at 07:03pm on 17/09/2009
Well, any predatory species will scavenge if given the opportunity, chasing and failing to catch prey is a waste of rather expensive energy. Lions often take hyena kills instead of the other way around, for instance.

Meh.....you could say the same about Maiasaura, though....
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