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Why is that the simplest explanation?
Because a 5lb animal rarely preys on a 10lb one...
Because there's no other evidence of mammals hunting dinosaurs...
Because the mammals paws was around the dinosaurs mouth, very few animals attack like that, but pretty much all defend like that...
Because this wasn't a normal occurrence, it was during a violent volcano eruption. The two animals might have just been stuck and attacked each other out of fear.
That's not true at all. Wolves and lions constantly take on prey much bigger than them. And the dinosaur was an herbivore. Why would it be the aggressor?
I think I'll go with what the paleontologists who have had a chance to study the fossil have to say over someone who viewed a picture on the internet and came to their own conclusion that goes against the paleontologists.
So...
Not the one making the claim that the mammal was preying on the dinosaur?
Because he hasn't studied the fossil.
Glad we're on the same page
There was a study. Or did you ignore that?
It was even linked to in the article.
If you read the study, they flat out said they dont know and have several hypothesis.
They're just running with the one that is least plausible because some people will believe the headline and share it on social media.
I don't understand what you're not getting, but I don't think explaining anymore will help
I have read the study. It says that it was either predation or scavenging and gives reasons why. It also explains why the mammal would be the one being the aggressor. It does not suggest in any place in that study what you suggested. This is what you said:
Please show where the paper agrees with that supposed simplest explanation.