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The Sauropoda did not live in the sea as far as we know it.
by huuu 11y ago
The Sauropoda did not live in the sea as far as we know it.
- masklinn 11y agoThe heaviest estimates for modern sauropod reconstructions are way short of blue whales, roughly in the range of fin whales.
- MrJagil 11y agoStill, I think the point is somewhat valid, if for nothing but curiosity. The largest dinosaur, which I know is a subject of discussion, is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus 30 metres, 80-100 tonnes and blue whale https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentinosaurus 30 metres, 180 tonnes If a 100 tonnes creature can live on land, my gut tells me a 180 tonnes creature could too. where's the point of no return? There's all sorts of cooling mechanisms that could be dreamt up, just as we see strange heating mechanisms (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus#Plates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stegosaurus#Plates).
- vanderZwan 11y agoTrue, but at that point we're comparing warm-blooded mammals to... well, we don't really know, do we? But it's very possible they could simply slow down their metabolism even more than mammalian megafauna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology_of_dinosaurs#Metabolism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology_of_dinosaurs#Metabo... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantothermy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantothermy