Comments on: Tyrannosaurus: Hyena of the Cretaceous http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/03/tyrannosaurus-hyena-of-the-cretaceous/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God - Page 31 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/03/tyrannosaurus-hyena-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-4612 New Scientific Evidence for the Existence of God - Page 31 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:20:28 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5008#comment-4612 [...] support that pressure and having short front arms i just don't buy them being a predator. Look. Tyrannosaurus: Hyena of the Cretaceous | Dinosaur Tracking So are the dinosaurs as old as evolutionist say ? T. Rex Soft Tissue Found Preserved Hillary [...] [...] support that pressure and having short front arms i just don't buy them being a predator. Look. Tyrannosaurus: Hyena of the Cretaceous | Dinosaur Tracking So are the dinosaurs as old as evolutionist say ? T. Rex Soft Tissue Found Preserved Hillary [...]

]]> By: Spring of Dinosaur RPGs: Giants in the Earth, Part 1 « Rappy's Review Board http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/03/tyrannosaurus-hyena-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-3972 Spring of Dinosaur RPGs: Giants in the Earth, Part 1 « Rappy's Review Board Thu, 14 Apr 2011 00:15:56 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5008#comment-3972 [...] Instead, poor Al is given a worse deal than Tyrannosaurus, being treated as an obligate scavenger (sigh) with a septic bite and a horrendous musky stench floating around itself. If anything, I would have [...] [...] Instead, poor Al is given a worse deal than Tyrannosaurus, being treated as an obligate scavenger (sigh) with a septic bite and a horrendous musky stench floating around itself. If anything, I would have [...]

]]> By: T Rex more a Scavenger than a Predator | Who Lies Sleeping? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/03/tyrannosaurus-hyena-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-3747 T Rex more a Scavenger than a Predator | Who Lies Sleeping? Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:11:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5008#comment-3747 [...] Switek at his excellent Smithsonian blog has surveyed the pros and cons of the predatory and scavenging nature of T rex. Stumble! for [...] [...] Switek at his excellent Smithsonian blog has surveyed the pros and cons of the predatory and scavenging nature of T rex. Stumble! for [...]

]]> By: Doug http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2011/03/tyrannosaurus-hyena-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-3746 Doug Tue, 08 Mar 2011 01:09:33 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=5008#comment-3746 "Horner hinted that part of his motivation for proposing the obligate scavenger idea was to get scientists and dinosaur fans to think critically about commonly accepted ideas."- I can't read minds, but i can't help feel like this was a response to the immense backlash this idea produced. "So why did so many media sources act with astonishment at the statements by Horner and his team in reference to their new PLoS One paper?"- Because controversy sells, especially when it concerns ol' T. rex. I had come across this on UCMP's blog, but they didn't give as thorough a background as you did. Truth be told this opportunistic predator deal was how i viewed Arctodus for a while. And i think the idea that juveniles and adults occupied different niches is a very interesting one. “Horner hinted that part of his motivation for proposing the obligate scavenger idea was to get scientists and dinosaur fans to think critically about commonly accepted ideas.”- I can’t read minds, but i can’t help feel like this was a response to the immense backlash this idea produced.

“So why did so many media sources act with astonishment at the statements by Horner and his team in reference to their new PLoS One paper?”- Because controversy sells, especially when it concerns ol’ T. rex.

I had come across this on UCMP’s blog, but they didn’t give as thorough a background as you did. Truth be told this opportunistic predator deal was how i viewed Arctodus for a while. And i think the idea that juveniles and adults occupied different niches is a very interesting one.

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