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Study on Carnotaurus' neck

Adam Khor · 2019-07-18 23:47:57

This study compares the neck of Carnotaurus to that of Majungasaurus. According to them, Carnotaurus had a much more robust and less S-shaped neck than Majungasaurus. What bothers me is that they suggest carnotaurines were "scavengers", which doesn´t fit with the recent studies that indicate speed adaptations in…

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Adam Khor

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This study compares the neck of Carnotaurus to that of Majungasaurus. According to them, Carnotaurus had a much more robust and less S-shaped neck than Majungasaurus.
What bothers me is that they suggest carnotaurines were "scavengers", which doesn´t fit with the recent studies that indicate speed adaptations in Carnotaurus at least. And isn´t it a mistake to begin with, trying to separate "scavengers" and "predators", especially when it comes to such large animals?
If it can hunt, it can certainly scavenge- and even the most devoted scavengers, like vultures, will hunt once in a while...

http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app57/app20110129_acc.pdf

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