Re: AAT Theory

pete (VINCENT@REG.TRIUMF.CA)
22 Sep 1995 19:34:34 GMT

chris brochu (gator@mail.utexas.edu) sez:

`True enough, the feeding rate for crocodylians can be lower than for
`mammals. But, they occur in higher densities than other predators, which
`more than compensates.

`Crocodylians aren't necessarily better predators than mammalian
`carnivores, but they're no worse, and given the population densities of
`crocodylians, no one would be helped by jumping in the water to avoid
`land predators.

So are you saying that they aren't territorial at all, and will
concentrate to the extent that the food supply allows?

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