Re: egg meanderings while on cough medicine

[TwoSpooky <bg50001@ltec.net>]

At 11:04 AM 5/24/96 -0400, mikiel@goodnet.com (Mikiel) wrote:

>>Why does size of a saurapod mean live-bearing?  What am I mising
>>here?
>
>        I believe live-bearing in sauropods has been supposed because
> of the assumed (large) size of the sauropod embryo/hatchling.  The
> idea is that the egg would have to be fairly large, and accordingly
> the shell would have to be relatively thick.  If this is the case,
> then gas permeability becomes a factor limiting eggs to a maximum
> size.  Ostensibly, this size is to small to house a baby sauropod.

        If the eggshell were made like that of modern bird, i.e.
hard-shelled, I could see where you would have a point. However if the
shell were like that of a reptile, such as a crocodile, the egg may
not have a size limitation since the shell would be thin and leathery.
                                     Just my two cents (and worth
every penny)

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