Ancient Flying Reptiles Likely Had Sex As Youths

National Geographic News ^ | 3/12/2008 | John Roach

[Renfield]

Dinosaur sex-life ping.

[ClearCase_guy]

Their faster growth rates were beneficial because they likely allowed early sexual maturity, Chiappe said.

As I read the article, the information is that modern birds have faster growth rates, but delay reproduction for some years. I'm not sure how anyone can reach the conclusion that flying reptiles benefited from early sexual maturity due to their growth rate. Maybe they did. Maybe they didn't. I'm not sure how we can tell.

[wolfcreek]

Abacrombie-Fitch would be very proud.

[Thombo2]

“I’m not sure how we can tell.”LOL.I’m not sure either.Sounds like pure conjecture on their(his)part.Call me jaded,but I think a lot(a few?)of these PhD’s feel the need to come up with novel or profound theories/discoveries to publish in peer reviewed publications and/or get a grant for further study.I’m still scratching my a@@ over the “Hobbit People”.

[LiteKeeper]

YEC INTREP - more story telling

[BenLurkin]

Is this about Algore and his private jet?

[SunkenCiv]

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[Monkey Face]

What? Wait. You mean they transmogrified into a teenager, had sex, and transmogrified back to a pterydactyl?? Whodathunkit?

[BibChr]

Not as weird as your “World’s scariest goat” title, but up there.

[r9etb]

Hm. The article doesn’t support the headline.

[colorado tanker]

Ptwo year old ptoddler sex?

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Yute ping!

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I don’t know Ben I thought it was about them flaming yutes.

[CougarGA7]

I really dont know where to go with this one. So many jokes.

[CholeraJoe]

They probably used fake IDs to buy smokes, beer and Lotto tickets, too. I wonder if the female pterosaurs engaged in gang initiation sex and then got neck tattoos?

[Not A Snowbird]

Now, that is one weird headline.

Made me look, though.

[John Leland 1789]

” . . . I think a lot(a few?)of these PhD’s feel the need to come up with novel or profound theories/discoveries to publish in peer reviewed publications and/or get a grant for further study.”

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I believe this underlies the Darwinian evolutionist movement in general.

[SunkenCiv]

They didn’t even have back seats then. It’s amazing.

[mass55th]

Next thing they’ll be telling us was that they did drugs and were anti-war.