Re: 'Kitchen science' reveals dinosaurs died in agony

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/06/MNGKSQ9PLB1.DTL

Opisthotonus during death occurs only in warm-blooded
animals like birds and mammals today, but not in
cold-blooded creatures, Padian said -- so this work
offers new support for the idea that dinosaurs must
have been warm-blooded too, he said.

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Wow, that was...completely useless. Does anyone have
the actual title of the paper. I'd love to read the
reasoning behind why only "warm-blooded" creatures die
in agony.

Jason


"I am impressed by the fact that we know less about many modern [reptile] types 
than we do of many fossil groups." - Alfred S. Romer


      
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