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Re: [sauropod@ou.edu: Re: Greg Paul, Athletic Sauropods and Air Sacs]



Right now in Minnesota, we're at .94 atm, and you're saying that we burst at
1.28 atm, right?  I've converted the 1.3 bar into atm's, which is 1.28 atm.
Isn't that a little low?

Just curious,

Demetrios Vital



----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Martin Human" <t_gmhuman@agency.com>
To: <mike@tecc.co.uk>; <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Cc: <sauropod@ou.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 9:52 AM
Subject: RE: [sauropod@ou.edu: Re: Greg Paul, Athletic Sauropods and Air
Sacs]


> Matt Wedel wrote:
>
> > inflated by an external pump.  I haven't actually done the math
> > to determine
> > how much air pressure would be required to support a sauropod
> > neck, but I'll
> > bet it far exceeds the pressure that can be generated by the respiratory
> > system.  Outside of which, given the interconnectedness of the
>
> Well, I know that human lungs burst at pressures in excess of 1.3 bar (ie
> they can only support 1/3 of a bar above atmosphere).
>
> A lot of scuba divers found this out....
>
> cheers, martin
>
>