If a landbound dinosaur were to lay down, would the weight of his own body crush his internal organs like what happens to whales when they get beached?? Would this be a danger even for standing dinos? If so, how did they get around this problem? How did they sleep and give birth to their eggs/young? Standing or squatting? What would have happened to a dinosaur that was forced to lay down due to injury/illness (that is, if nothing came along and killed him for lunch)? Were their organs made of basically the same sorts of tissues as ours, or did their organs evolve to be tougher and more robust than anything around today?
2006-06-30 11:41:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The simple answer is, of course, different anatomical adaptations. Since water helps support the whales mass, their skeletons are relatively light compared to a land animal's. The dinosaurs had made many adaptations to their weight -- just as elephants, hippos and rhinos have.
That said, a small fall for a creature of large mass is likely to do internal damage in a way that never happens for small animals.
2006-06-30 11:47:59 · answer #1 · answered by P. M 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, dinosaurs have legs to hold their bodies off the ground, like a very obese human, their internal organs are protected by skeletal features. When a 600 pound person is bed ridden do they also crush their organs like the whale? Whale's are made to be suspended in water where there is no solid force on their bodies except the pressure of the ocean water.
2006-06-30 12:51:39 · answer #2 · answered by jenphotomom 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution... The whales body is adapted to the buoyancy of the water it lives in.... The whales' body also has alot of fat that is very buoyant in water. When out of water, the the bones cannot withstand the weight whereas a dinosaur has more dense bones and are adapted to live on land
2006-06-30 11:49:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason a whale crushes its organs is because its body has evovled to be carried by water.thus their organs are in different placements that dino's.so dinosaurs did not face any danger at all when they sat down.all organs are made out of the same tissues however.
2006-06-30 12:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by That one guy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has something to do with the bone structure and i think whale bones are lighter considering tthey live in water and did not have the effects of gravity
2006-06-30 11:45:28 · answer #5 · answered by Desertboy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the water everything is weightless so the whales have adapted and now have no bones to protect them from stuff like that
2006-06-30 11:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by Will 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is a trick question. Dinosaurs didn't play organ, they played sax.
2006-06-30 11:46:28 · answer #7 · answered by Colorado 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋