David Hone
Person on 4 sites
Palaeontologist at Queen Mary University of London who studies dinosaur behaviour; blogs as Archosaur Musings.
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4 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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24 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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T. rex is a genuine ecological oddity: nothing else in its ecosystem came anywhere near its size as a carnivore. (opens korrents.com)
“But fundamentally, T-Rex is definitely weird, even compared to all the other giant tyrannosaurs that are very closely related to it, because it is by far, ludicrously by far, the largest carnivore in its ecosystem.”
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Almost all real predation is on prey far smaller than the predator, so the documentary staple of a T. rex taking an adult Triceratops shows the rare exception, not the rule. (opens korrents.com)
“These are weird and rare outcomes. These don't usually happen. The vast majority of active predation is on stuff much, much, much smaller than you.”
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Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not. (opens korrents.com)
“But this is the absolute rule of thumb for how foraging and growth and predation operate across everything from fish to starfish, praying mantises, all the way up to things like big cats via stuff like crocodiles. It's…”
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T. rex is a genuine ecological oddity: nothing else in its ecosystem came anywhere near its size as a carnivore. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Salsa Invertebraxa (opens rcmnd.app)
“Do I like it? I'm genuinely not sure. Is it unique and quite beautiful? Certainly.”
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Dinosaur Art: The World's Greatest Paleoart (opens rcmnd.app)
“Anyway, onto the book. Quite simply it's superb, and really doubles as covering two very different things in a single volume.”
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The Complete Dinosaur (2nd edition) (opens rcmnd.app)
“The one thing I really dislike is the huge waste of space.”
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Salsa Invertebraxa (opens rcmnd.app)