Talk:Titanis

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Since when has it been definitively determined that Titanis's puny arms could "grab and hold prey", as the text states? I notice that the illustration promotes this idea as well, and neither instance bothers to mention that there are other people who think differently. Last I heard, this was still an ongoing debate. 70.210.133.14 (talk) 05:53, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, in fact last I heard it's pretty unlikely. I've revised the text. Dinoguy2 (talk) 07:52, 18 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Some people think that Titanis is the same thing as Phorusrhacos. Should we add that to the article? Elasmosaurus (talk) 15:03, 25 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, not does the 10,000 B.C. article say that the bird attacking is a Titanis, but trivia sections are discouraged in wikipedia. The best option here is to delete the sentence or find a way to incorporate it into the article. (Not too hard to do BTW).

Best RegardsMonkeytheboy (talk) 18:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The terror bird subspecies in Primeval has not been confirmed to be a Titanis either, as they are only ever referred to as terror birds. I suggest removing both these pop culture references, since the claims that they are Titanis are unsupported in both cases. --24.36.130.109 (talk) 01:34, 4 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]