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NTamura In reply to Ryivhnn [2012-07-24 13:52:14 +0000 UTC]

Dinos were a bit like birds... lighter than they look. They had hollow bones and air sacs at strategic positions (such as the neck in sauropods) not to topple over...

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Ryivhnn In reply to NTamura [2012-08-01 11:56:38 +0000 UTC]

The bones thing makes sense, I always figured they were some kind of bird precursor (my chickens get this certain look about them when they think I've brought out food, and all I can think about are velociraptors...). I did not know that about the strategically located air sacs

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NTamura In reply to Ryivhnn [2012-08-02 00:25:05 +0000 UTC]

Well yes, dinos are bird precursors and this is where they inherited their hollow bones and air sacs...

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NTamura In reply to DrScottHartman [2012-07-20 17:41:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! It can't go wrong when it's based on your excellent skeletal recons...

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NTamura In reply to OliveTheBreloom [2012-07-20 17:41:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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NTamura In reply to PeteriDish [2012-07-19 22:48:58 +0000 UTC]

Yes indeed...

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PeteriDish In reply to NTamura [2012-07-20 06:43:16 +0000 UTC]

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