Re: Did sauropods suckle? (likely no)

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 7/27/01 2:46:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
mbonnan@hotmail.com writes:


<< Well, good question.  Nobody knows.  You've got these giant plant eaters 
and 
relatively poor nutrients in the plants they've got to eat: gymnospermous 
plants, at least the kinds around today, are not very nutritious and 
sometimes contain many kinds of toxins.  Sauropods didn't chew their food 
(Jurassic Park notwithstanding) so they were gulping it down, more or less, 
and apparently letting their gizzard and intestines (perhaps with the help 
of stomach stones (gastroliths)) do the rest. >> 

       This is why I've always found Holland's idea of bivalves as sauropod 
chow intriguing. They were stepping on them, for crying out loud.


<< I wonder myself!  I am confident, however, that it was done without 
resorting to the disgusting mammalian practice of modifying sweat glands 
into milk producing glands.  Ewwww! >>

       Matt, Matt, Matt, you've been working too hard. Decolletage is one of 
the great joys of life. Ask Renoir. DV

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