By the time he defecated, it was already too late...they had already smelled it.
^now THAT is the first and last time I will ever type that sentence.

How.....how do they know it shit on the carcass as a defence mechanism ?

^those are things better left to the zooarchaeological people, who study intricate markings on ancient things so that they can tell us stuff like this...it's over our heads.

>> ^charliem:
How.....how do they know it shit on the carcass as a defence mechanism ?


I think often these shows tend to stretch beyond normal supposition to make things more interesting. There maybe be some physical evidence, and its probably in-part based on behaviors of current living animals.

Every mamals do that to protect their meal. I do ... Don't ... you ?

10 bucks says they only made up the part where the hyaenodon craps on the carcass because they get a kick out of animated animals taking dumps.

another thing, with these cgi reenactments they always make prehistoric creatures really sturdy, like super metal robots. dyou don't see any animals like that even if they're muscley, it's a stretch.

The unnecessary defecation tag is wrong... clearly it was necessary, just not effective.