Re: Hadrosaur nesting strategy...(was Re: The Life of Birds- Pa

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/99 4:55:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
larryf@capital.net writes:

<< I don`t know Dan. Do ya think it was really that hot all the time?? 

  DV:   Hot? Who said hot? I didn't say hot. Did you say hot? Who said hot?

 
 > As for predators--they can never be escaped. Mosquitoes and
 > biting flies probably served out their apprenticeships on dinosaur
 hatchlings
 > in the Cretaceous high latitudes.
 
 Maybe,...maybe not. As I understand it, mosquitoes are quite numerous up
 North due to the large amount of standing water (in Summer of course). This
 water is due primarily to the condition of permafrost present up there.....a
 condition that would contradict your "warmer clime". (I know....nit
 picking....or knat picking??? 8^) >>

  DV;  That's gnat... I'm from Minnesota so I know plenty about mosquitoes 
and their pals. They are not there for the standing water, I can guarantee. 
Also, despite what you might have heard to the contrary, Minnesota is free 
from permafrost--at least lately. DV.