Every day, science discovers more and more about the world around us and the world that preceeded this one.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/space/20060711/sc_space/bigdinosaurswerehotstudysuggests
So, the larger of the dinosaurs may have been warm-blooded. That would explain much.
Oh and for those stupid enough to ask something like "then what about the eggs? Warm blooded creatures don't lay eggs" let me stop you right there and suggest you look in the nearest nest. Birds are warm blooded and lay eggs. As does the Duck-billed Platypus.
And some reptiles bear live young, the common garter snake for example.
I just wanted to cut off your staggering ignorance in mid-stream...
2006-07-12 01:45:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Thanks for the laugh Bobm, answering genesis is one of my favorite comedy websites.
But trust me, NO one with even a modicum of education takes that site seriously, NO ONE...
2006-07-12 01:55:26 · update #1
Since most people's knowledge of what dinosaurs are have evolved (there's that word again!) thoughout the recent history of discovering them. I'm not suprised.
Because of trying to put together a puzzle, many notions about dinosaurs came from that ignorance (one fossil hunter thought what was a horn atop the nose was really a foot) as we had no real idea about these creatures.
Science, like a glacier, moves slowly.
2006-07-12 01:49:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 0⤋
Eh?
I'm not sure what that rant was all about but I imagine (theist though I am) I know more about dinosaurs than you do.
The reason it is a surprising conclusion is that the reverse has usually been considered the case. Small theropod dinosaurs usually had feathers, and obviously non-avian dinosaurs did not have them for flight. That suggests thermal insulation was their purpose, which would be useless unless a species that had them was warm blooded.
Now many dinosaur experts had speculated that the extremely large mass of of the Sauropods almost precluded a need for being endothermic, since the food requirements for endotherms are considerably geater. and it was felt their large size alone would conserve some heat.
This study shows that this heat preservation effect is even more dramatic than they thought, and would have, for all practical purposes, made sauropods hot blooded, without having to metabolize the way mammals do.
The writer didn't get into it, though, and I'd say that the feathered lines of theropods would have to be endotherms. There's just no other explanation.
2006-07-12 08:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cool, they may have been warm blooded. Been theorized for some time. If ya want to know more cool stuff about dinosaurs, check this out:
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/dinosaurs.asp
2006-07-12 08:53:24 · answer #3 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I haven't seen the article, but I will read it. Yes, it sounds interesting, but-what on Earth does this have to do with R/S?
2006-07-12 08:48:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's pretty interesting. Makes sense too.
Thanks for the link.
2006-07-12 08:54:46 · answer #5 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I read that article.
2006-07-12 08:49:14 · answer #6 · answered by bluskygreengrass 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, read it this morning.
2006-07-12 08:48:54 · answer #7 · answered by Cranky Old Goat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, and the point is???
2006-07-12 08:49:22 · answer #8 · answered by Yoda Green's Hope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋