Re: Wading Sauropods

[Neal Romanek <nromanek@earthlink.net>]

For fun and for thought-food, here're pics of swimming elephants:

http://www.jigsawjungle.com/code/ravens/elephnt.htm

and

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/reallywild/wildfile/picpops/ 
a_elephant2.shtml


- Neal

http://www.nealromanek.com



On Jan 11, 2006, at 11:05 AM, T. Michael Keesey wrote:

> On 1/11/06, Phil Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com> wrote:
> > Considering that the brain of
> > sauropods was small, its oxygen requirements was probably equally  
> > small,
> > so a hiatus in breathing would impart no ill effects.
>
> The animals with the *biggest* brains are also the deepest-diving
> air-breathers (sperm whales). (That said, I'll wager that the
> air-breathers which submerge for the longest periods are
> small-brained.)
> --
> Mike Keesey
> The Dinosauricon: http://dino.lm.com
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