tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161161431451849208.post1048396170763857159..comments2024-03-29T00:13:46.845-07:00Comments on Antediluvian Salad: What You See When You Google Image Search "Fighting Raptors"Duane Nashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14467779935085970909noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161161431451849208.post-17418986039039161602015-05-27T18:29:27.600-07:002015-05-27T18:29:27.600-07:00Duane Nash: "The term "land hawk" i...Duane Nash: "The term "land hawk" is an apt description for sickle-clawed theropods as it encapsulates their feathered appearance, likely solitary tactic of prey wing mantling/grappling with foot claws, and likely penchant for small and medium sized prey and carrion."<br /><br />Actually, "highly developed cooperative hunting may be important for many raptors" ( http://www.jstor.org/stable/1312102?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents ). Also, in Fowler et al. 2012, it's stated that 1) "Prey-riding can be considered as an extension of the typical accipitrid predatory strategy for dealing with large prey", & 2) "Prey-riding in eagles is a similar behaviour to the “climbing crampon” hypothesis of Manning et al." (which is "a function that would seemingly support group hunting. In such a scenario, some members of the group pulled the victim to the ground, one or more then delivering the killing bite/slash to the throat or belly once exposed (a similar method of predation is hypothesized for sabercats, see McHenry, et al. 2007)": http://www.wired.com/2007/10/at-long-last-dromeosaur-tracks/ ). I'm guessing that prey-riding alone only works for volant animals, hence why eudromaeosaurs & "sabercats" probably did prey-riding in packs. My only other nit-pick is that there aren't more pics.raptor_044https://www.blogger.com/profile/10538231485096397412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161161431451849208.post-55505014260628500572015-05-21T17:37:30.809-07:002015-05-21T17:37:30.809-07:00Good point planeetanihmeet!! I though someone woul...Good point planeetanihmeet!! I though someone would bring up parrots. Chris Pratt can take his chances!!Duane Nashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14467779935085970909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161161431451849208.post-60105777420541320582015-05-21T11:53:38.029-07:002015-05-21T11:53:38.029-07:00While I always appreciate mocking Jurassic World, ...While I always appreciate mocking Jurassic World, I have to object that with practise and mutual training, humans and dinosaurs are quite capable of understading each others body language. Or so my experience so far on training living dinosaurs of the order Psittaciformes seems to imply.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com