The Gualicho

The tiny arms of carnivores in Mesozoic ages

Puzzles scientific groups, where controversy rages.

The gualicho is a case in point – its arms were futile

When it savaged sauropods in a manner brutal.

I wish that Darwin were around so he could maybe parse

Why their arms were smaller than a fruit fly’s dainty arse.

Maybe creatures of this sort disdained to wash their hands,

And so they lost ‘em pretty much, as Nature so demands.

Or perhaps they wouldn’t shake hands with our Mother Eve,

And so were cursed to lurch around and sorrowfully grieve . . .