Jack Horner and T rex

[dyno77]

Usually i dont ask about the status of paleontologists ,but i was wondering if any members know if Jack Horner is done for good with paleontology . Despite his controversial claims on T rex and triceratops he still is one of the leading experts in all of paleontology,but will he ever return for interviews or is that it?
Another thing is  that T rex is still on top as the most well known and researched dinosaur but in the 1990s it had its image damaged by Jack horner and all his supporters .I recall alot of news media reporting t rex as a scavenger saying its teeth were thin and it had tiny eyes and arms that were so tiny and weak,and that it was lazy as well. At the time carcharodontosaurus was found and reported as the largest predator and alot of news media went along with it ,it was if they wanted it to be the new king of the dinosaurs..
But T rex recovered with new finds showing it didn't have weak arms and tiny eyes,and was lazy..i do hope there is a in depth look at that particular time when T Rex's image was seriously damaged and alot of experts just went along with it as well as the news media.

[suspsy]

I'll keep it as brief as possible:

1. Horner still contributes to research now and then.
2. His stance on T. rex has changed and he no longer advocates an obligate scavenger hypothesis.

[Gwangi]

I don't think Horner ever took the obligate scavenger hypothesis seriously. More like he was just trolling for press. I read his 1993 book The Complete T. rex and in it he states...

"I'm not convinced T. rex was only a scavenger. Though I will say so sometimes just to be contrary and get my colleagues arguing."

and...

"In the end, to me, this whole predator-versus-scavenger debate is a red herring. Most carnivores aren't fussy like us about where they get their meat, whether from dead animals or live ones. Hyenas are scavengers but they don't think twice about killing for lunch, even their own family members. They are opportunists. Among backboned animals, only air-borne carrion-searchers like vultures and condors are pure scavengers. The rest take whatever east pickings they can find, dead or alive. To my mind, T. rex was simply the greatest opportunist of them all."

[HD-man]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5gKqGtIIn0