Re: SAUROPOD RESTING

[William Gibson Parker <wgp@dana.ucc.nau.edu>]

Actually I think that we are trying to determine if a Sauropod
wished to enter the water, whether it would be disasterous to the animal
or not.  I would think not although there are those damn fossil remains of
mud-bogged sauropods to contend with.  What a bummer, all that cool water
to swim in but not being able to walk in the mud.....

-Bill Parker
Northern Arizona University

On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Peter Von Sholly wrote:

> Wait a minute.  Are we trying to put sauropods back in the swamps here? 
> Eating soft vegetation? The more things change...
> 
> ----------
> > From: Robert Boscarelli <bosco@boscarelli.com>
> > To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> > Subject: SAUROPOD RESTING
> > Date: Monday, July 20, 1998 9:07 AM
> > 
> > Greetings,
> >    A semi-aquatic lifestyle may be possible but what about the mud. With
> > such large body mass and relatively small feet they would probably get
> stuck
> > in the mud very easily.
> > 
> > Bob Boscarelli
>