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How can an animal even have a neck that long? Was it clear from the fossils that it is this long because I am skeptical.
by abnry 3mo ago
How can an animal even have a neck that long? Was it clear from the fossils that it is this long because I am skeptical.
- bensyverson 3mo agoNo, there's no way to tell—the paleontologists probably just took a bunch of bones from the site and threw them together in a way that looked cool. /s
- sizzzzlerz 3mo agoNow that is an idea for a The Far Side cartoon
- tonymillion 3mo agoLife imitates art imitating life: The story [1] of the Brontosaurus is an interesting one... [1] https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2019/08/31/brontosaurus-isnt-real.html https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2019/08/31/bronto...
- jjk7 3mo agoIt probably had a snake in it's belly, and they thought it was it's neck
- e2e8 3mo agoThis video [0] tries to answer the question of how we know what we know for a different species but I imagine the methods are similar. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vea06e6x_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vea06e6x_E
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- NooneAtAll3 3mo agorelevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/3185/ https://xkcd.com/3185/