Re: Jobaria and the Elephant Commit Suicide

[Michael de Sosa <ofsosa@uclink4.berkeley.edu>]

NJPharris@aol.com wrote:

> I believe (and correct me if I'm wrong) that the Sereno team's findings
> indicated that the femora were three times as strong as they needed to be *to
> support the animal in the rearing position*.

Hmmm... what if the femora of these sauropods were three times as strong
as they needed to be because they had to hold up another sauropod during
mating?

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Michael A. de Sosa
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University of California - Berkeley
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