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To: Mr. Jeeves
It is now believed that sauropods didn’t and couldn’t raise their heads way up like the illustration shows - they kept their necks more parallel to the ground.

You still have the problem of how a 180 ton (360,000 lbs) animal can even stand up... much less walk, eat, make little sauropods... that would be something to see.

Then, what is the evolutionary advantage to having a 40 foot, horizontal neck? How does our beasty swallow his forage? Conveyer belt throat? Peristalsis can only do so much... A shorter neck would make more sense unless it was evolved to reach high food.

9 posted on 10/19/2007 10:04:59 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE)
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To: Swordmaker

Bumblebees can’t fly, either. ;)


15 posted on 10/19/2007 10:42:56 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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