Now that there have been several different versions of the plant-eating sickle clawed dinosaurs found. What do you think the most likely use (there are many speculations) for its sickle claws was? Do you think it was totally herbivorous?
2006-09-11 11:46:08 · 3 answers · asked by Ralph 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Probably used its big claws to push leaves into its mouth.
Features of the skull (including a beaked mouth and flattened teeth) suggest a herbivorous diet.
There are other possible functions that could have been served by the claws of Therizinosaurus, such as defense against predators (e.g. the contemporary Tarbosaurus) and in intraspecific fighting, such as fighting for territory or for mating. The claws may even have served all these functions.
2006-09-11 15:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by · 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they were herbivores but the claws were for defense when the not-so-herbivorous dinos wanted a plant-eating snack.
2006-09-11 18:50:11 · answer #2 · answered by imacowboygirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe therizinosaurs and segnosaurs were evolutionarily analogous to modern-day bears, with similar behavioral and feeding habits, just in a different sort of form. Which probably meant that they ate a lot of stuff, plants, berries, small animals, fish, and had similar behavioral patterns.
2006-09-11 20:10:27 · answer #3 · answered by Isis-sama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋