Labels:text | font | screenshot OCR: Although most dinosaurs were herbivores (plant-eaters), many dinosaurs were carnivores (flesh-eaters) that hunted other dinosaurs. HUNTING IN PACKS Some of the smaller flesh-eating dinosaurs, such as Deinonychus, hunted in packs. The advantage of this was that a Deinonychus pack could catch much larger prey than would be possible if each individual hunted alone. By working together, they would use less energy to secure a bigger prize. Present-day animals that hunt in packs include wolves and lionesses. Hunting in packs requires communication between pack members, and this may indicate that some dinosaurs, such as Deinonychus, were intelligent enough to coordinate their actions and communicate as a group. SOLITARY HUNTERS Many flesh-eating dinosaurs were solitary hunters. A large, fearsome predator like Tyrannosaurus may have stalked herds of herbivores and rushed in to kill a weak individual that lagged behind the main group. A small, light hunter, such as Ornitholestes, might have sprinted after lizards and seized them in its sharp-toothed jaws or with its clawed hands.
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