Re: Warm-Blooded debate

["Michael" <tons@ccs.netside.com>]

> From:          Dinogeorge@aol.com
> Date:          Wed, 25 Jun 1997 20:57:26 -0400 (EDT)
> To:            NJPharris@aol.com, tons@ccs.netside.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject:       Re: Warm-Blooded debate

> In a message dated 97-06-25 16:59:32 EDT, NJPharris@AOL.COM writes:
> 
> << Well, no, not really, because there are animals out there today
> (monotremes
>  and a few types of eutherians) that are endothermic and have a
> four-chambered
>  heart but have only a "semi-improved" stance! >>
> 
> Here would be an example of a reversal: their ancestors would have had the
> erect stance, and it would have been lost in their modern descendants after
> the endothermy and the quadricameral heart evolved.
> 
Monotremes are heterothermic.

Michael Teuton

As always, this is only an opinion, subject to
retraction and recall without notice, and with 
due respect to others opinions.

Thanks,

Michael Teuton MD