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Re: Spinosaurus/Lost World

To: dinosaur@usc.edu (Dinosaur List), mattf+@pitt.edu (Matt Fraser)
Subject: Re: Spinosaurus/Lost World
From: tuckr@digital.net
Date: Wed, 14 May 97 00:16:03 GMT
References: <Pine.GSO.3.95L.970513182506.10753B-100000@unixs2.cis.pitt.edu>
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> I seem to remember a lizard that lives in the desert, and when the sand is
> very hot, it will first lift the right forelimb and the left hind limb in
> the air, balancing on the left forelimb and right hindlimb, and then after
> a while switch.  Seems like a pretty good balancing act to me.  Darned if
> I can remember the critter's name, though.

    I've observed this behavior in the lizard genera  _Eremias_ in Iran and 
Pakistan and 
_Cnemidophorus_ in southwestern USA.

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- Re: Spinosaurus/Lost World
  - From: Matt Fraser <mattf+@pitt.edu>

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