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Re: mosasaur babies/no marine dinos

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Subject: Re: mosasaur babies/no marine dinos
From: "David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 18:16:58 +0100
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> If penguins are dependent on cold water currents, and cold water currents
> reach the equator, the equator is not a barrier.

Indeed not. But the end of the cold current is. This is what IMHO prevents
them from getting farther north. Otherwise they would breed on Clipperton,
wouldn't they? Are there any on the Isla de Cocos or on Malpelo (both near
Galápagos, around 5°N)?

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