Re: Mamenchisaurus Posture Paper

[MariusRomanus@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/1/2005 5:15:46 PM Alaskan Standard Time, 
roger.seymour@adelaide.edu.au writes:

>> Alan Hargens suggests that the tight skin on giraffe legs might operate
like a g-suit and facilitate venous return.  I think that he is
correct.  G-suits on sauropod legs might have helped too, but wouldn't
help the problem with the long neck.<<

Oh, you're welcome. Funny though... I was going to mention my thoughts about 
tight skin in giraffes and maybe in sauropods, but didn't. I guess it isn't as 
silly as I thought it was. Neat about the snakes. I'll have to get your paper 
and check it out.

Kris