tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post4726633323578695045..comments2023-10-25T04:04:15.348-07:00Comments on When Pigs Fly Returns: Animals With Clubs & MacesZachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08692080707969333711noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-40343853321665913252009-11-16T06:35:38.953-08:002009-11-16T06:35:38.953-08:00Meiolania probably defended itself from Megalania,...Meiolania probably defended itself from Megalania, mekosuchine crocodiles, Thylacoleo...pretty much anything that tended to tick it off. One doesn't need a badass predator to develop defenses. I mean look at the glyptodonts, all they had to worry about was Thylacosmilus, other borhyaenids, and the terror birds, and yet they developed those clubs.<br /><br />Some paleontologists have suggested that the club of ankylosaurs was not used in defense or combat, but in interspecies recognition. Yeah...while it seems fairly likely that the secondary structure of such an adaptation could be used for differentiating between species, the anatomical design suggests that the club was used mainly for one thing; beating the crap out of its enemies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38902250.post-34102597495475578972009-11-15T17:45:15.280-08:002009-11-15T17:45:15.280-08:00Meiolania was obviously defending itself from a gi...<i>Meiolania</i> was obviously defending itself from a giant marsupial carnivore version of Shredder. <br /><br />Really cool illustrations, by the way!mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088256714630497532noreply@blogger.com