title: Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide
author:  Gregory S. Paul 
description: Paul thinks dinosaurs are fun, and he conveys his enthusiasm in this well-written account of their life and times. In the first part of the book he describes how the predatory dinosaurs (meat-eating dinosaurs, as opposed to herbivorous dinosaurs) evolved, what they looked like and how they lived. He dispels some commonly held notions: dinosaurs were not cold-blooded, slow or stupid; they were, in fact, the ancestors of birds. The second part of the book is an illustrated catalogue of all important predatory dinosaurs known to date, a new reorganization of predatory dinosaur taxonomy and systematics. Dinosaur are obviously the love of Paul's life, and he sometimes makes us forget that these extraordinary creatures have been extinct for at least 65 million years. In addition, as a paleontologist who does his own illustrations, he can back up his contention that dinosaurs "look neat."<br />Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  #  Chapter 1
  
  
  Humans liked to think of themselves as the apex predator on the planet. Sure,
  people sometimes get eaten by a shark or mauled by a mountain lion, but we are
  not, as a rule, a part of anyone’s regular diet. That all changed when the
  dinosaurs returned, and we found ourselves in a battle for survival.
  
  
  I knew in my gut that things were going to get worse before they got better.
  More dinosaurs arrived every day, thanks to the mysterious portals that would
  pop open just long enough to let the great beasts wander thr