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Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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RustyNova@lemmy.world 2 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
If it’s strong enough to throw an F-150, that dino is fucked. Also, we barely know what lived in upland and interior environments, so who knows what adaptations they had. Most dinosaur fossils come from lowland settings near rivers and coasts where rapid burial was likely. There are whole ecosystems we’ve basically never sampled.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 months ago
There are whole ecosystems we’ve basically never sampled.
This drives me crazy. Along with the fact that we’ll probably never know about the various colors and fleshy structures that these animals had.
applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Yeah I was gonna say, one of the defining features of the large sauropods was a low body density due to the air sacks in their huge necks and hollow bones. Those adaptations were likely required to achieve their size. So you have a really big animal with relatively low density and high surface area, that thing is going right up into the sky and getting smashed to bits when it lands.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Oh I never really thought about the fossil record being sedimentary, this largely aquatic and adjacent environments.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
clearly this means there were sauropods with wings, who evolved to use tornadoes for transportation
Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You just do a quick laydown and tuck your head under your arms, and find a bit of dirt to hide behind.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Nearly all mammals have a laryngeal nerve that goes from the brain stem to the larynx, but doesn’t go straight for the few inches, instead travelling down the neck to go around the heart. It’s a throwback to when we were ocean dwelling and had gills much closer to the heart.
In giraffes this nerve takes a 15 ft detour.
In something like a brachiosaurus which had a neck around 30 ft long, this would be a 60ft detour.
A great proof of evolution, of making do with what is there and adapting.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 2 months ago
Brachiosaurus wasn’t a mammal.
Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes but a brachiosaurus is still a fish
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
halfeatenpotato@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
…yes. but I also straight up didn’t notice this was a screenshot from reddit until I read your comment.
I certainly care about sources, but far less when it comes to shitposting.
ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m a late Lemmy joining only after the blackout cos fuck reddit and fuck spez.
And you know what Lemmy is better.
toynbee@piefed.social 2 months ago
I’m just glad you were able to remember your username!
far_university1990@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Please not actually fuck spez, not need more offspring in world.
Spez ist ein Hurensohn.
Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org 2 months ago
It never occurred to me that dinosaurs would have to deal with tornados. Huh…weird
Nangijala@feddit.dk 2 months ago
Also, imagine all the rainbows and eclipses they got to witness, but their brains were too small to appreciate either.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
Nu-uh, I have it on good authority that rainbows were invented by a guy in a boat with some animals or something.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Well, back then there was more oxygen in the air, which allowed tornados to grow larger.
OpenStars@piefed.social 2 months ago
Maybe we should ask a dinosaurologist!?
RivverRavven@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Like these poor giraffes, I guess 🥺https://youtu.be/zX5cJJ8CyEw
Ultrathor@hexbear.net 2 months ago
The air was more dense back then. So tornados and hurricanes would have been stronger too.
Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Omg lol. Dinosaur scientists have been extinct for like hundreds of years.
swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
At least!
BambiDiego@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Well I was born in the 90’s and they weren’t around then so it tracks.
Tja@programming.dev 2 months ago
Millions of hundreds, some of them!
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Are you sure? I opened up YouTube yesterday and saw a dinasour right there.