
Originally Posted by
adelady
The crocodile is a living example of poor parenting.
Are you kidding? They've survived for 10s of millions of years. Maybe when our remote descendants have managed to do the same they might be able to make such observations. But we're in no position to do so. We haven't yet proven ourselves that successful.
Right, the crocodilians would say primates are a living example of
poor ambush predators. And we truly do suck at that, compared to crocs. Must an order be
good at all things to be successful? It doesn't work that way, everything has its strengths and weaknesses. Don't you find that mammals, birds, and probably dinosaurs, are better parents?

Originally Posted by
Paleoichneum
First off its Cretaceous, which is the second period of the Mesozoic era.
Thanks, I'll try to remember. Memorization's a personal thing. I think "tri, jur, cret" to remember cretaceous is the
third and last period.

Originally Posted by
Paleoichneum
NO it does NOT support your argument in any way, and asserting it does is fallacious
Wait, so I'm saying "bird traits are good against egg predation", you're saying "think of dinosaurs like birds", yet you believe this contradicts my hypothesis that the mesozoic is characterized by adaptations against egg predation? I don't see the contradiction, unless you believe bird traits
are not good against egg predation? Please reply whether (I'll be precise) paravians, in your opinion, were better adapted against egg predation than mesozoic contemporaries, or earlier forms.
I get the feeling you want to argue about whether dinosaurs are birds, with misinformed Pong believing they're like crocodile godzillas. If you reread my posts you'll see I really don't deserve correction on that.
I sense also that you want to argue the fine points of specific mammals' ability to endanger hard-shelled eggs, as if this disproves my hypothesis that adaptations like hard shell occurring during the mesozoic were against egg predation. I believe you know full well there were mammals substantially larger than 15cm even in the triassic, so I don't appreciate the dishonesty. Exactly
what was attacking soft eggs is not important, because the eggs prove
something was, just as a tortoise's shell proves something wants to chew on the tortoise.
If you must agree with me, don't get all-caps mad about it.