Re: Sauropod drinking

[Jeff Poling <jpoling@dinosauria.com>]

Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com> wrote:
>Was it perhaps water pressure on the internal organs at that depth that
>helped eliminate sauropods from water?.

   That, and the fact that sauropod feet are designed for a terrestrial
existence.  It would be very easy for a sauropod to sink in any kind of
wet, pliant material such as sand or mud.


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