Re: Gallery and Commentary for Copenhagen Mamenchisaurus

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:55:22 -0400
> From: DinoBoyGraphics@aol.com
> 
>> It has been hypothesized that getting monstrous big in the first
>> place was a response to cyclical aridity; the long neck may have
>> allowed for water scavenging from the breath, low-effort mechanical
>> blood pumping due to side-to-side motions while walking, or some
>> other source of energy efficiency (heat exchange?)
> 
> I think this is reasonable.

Except that Oryxes do pretty well in arid environments, and they are
pretty small (from the perspective of a sauropodophile, anyway).  They
seem to be able to survive indefinitely in deserts without drinking,
by absorbing ambient moisure during the nights.

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