tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post3679344057980790198..comments2023-10-29T06:50:22.166-04:00Comments on Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs: Hold Your Head High, BrachiosaurusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-65317551558601681972010-06-24T21:46:53.480-04:002010-06-24T21:46:53.480-04:00It's not cannibalism if you don't share th...It's not cannibalism if you don't share the same Order.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335703640087079534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-20373664096777913172010-06-24T17:07:54.094-04:002010-06-24T17:07:54.094-04:00That shirt is freaking incredible! But I'm afr...That shirt is freaking incredible! But I'm afraid of the implication that a theropod chowing down on a sauropod is cannibalism... if that's true I get all cannibalistic everytime I eat a burger.davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-38714465046784145432010-06-24T16:41:50.051-04:002010-06-24T16:41:50.051-04:00Yes, but biting at the neck does not always work o...Yes, but biting at the neck does not always work out the way the theropod would have intended, as depicted here:<br /><br />http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=WN-DINOBITE&Category_Code=006Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335703640087079534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-21392101150254907552010-06-24T15:11:01.225-04:002010-06-24T15:11:01.225-04:00OP - I'm really interested in those spines on ...OP - I'm really interested in those spines on various sauropods. Species identifiers, I'd guess. Maybe I'll need to do a post on those sometime soon...<br /><br />P - You should check out some of the stuff in the Vintage Dinosaur Art flickr pool. One of my favorite memes in old paleoart and childrens' book illustrations was exactly that - helpless sauropods having their necks eaten by theropods! Classic technique.<br /><br />Scott - I wonder if smaller theropods used to gang up on larger ones, like the blackbirds that chase crows?davorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04970830405883835452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-36937031455284339732010-06-24T10:00:23.244-04:002010-06-24T10:00:23.244-04:00This reminds me of the old-school drawing of a Bra...This reminds me of the old-school drawing of a Brachiosaurus standing on the bottom of a lake, with only the top of his head sticking out over the water-s surface. It is amazing how influential artist's reconstructions become in shaping our view of these creatures.<br /><br />Every time I see a pack of crows fighting over some roadkill, I think to myself "Those are dinosaurs, they look and act just like dinosaurs!". Then I recall that much modern reconstruction, such as the JP movies, uses birds as the model for the dinosaur behavior, so I am only recycling this model back on itself.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335703640087079534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-5139960237532966532010-06-24T05:14:17.735-04:002010-06-24T05:14:17.735-04:00These recent neck posture studies have been really...These recent neck posture studies have been really interesting. Though I didn't find them in any way surprising. Given that the neck and head are the most vulnerable parts of a sauropod, it would be a very bad idea to keep them permanently just in the bite height of a large theropod. They must have been able to rise the head at least temporarily when being attacked. An adult sauropod would have been quite safe from predators otherwise, but just one good bite in the tiny head... dead.<br /><br />Or at least that's what I have come to think. I might, of course, be wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107291904794625632.post-68170712602145175312010-06-23T20:57:54.208-04:002010-06-23T20:57:54.208-04:00I really like this reconstruction, the patterning ...I really like this reconstruction, the patterning and neck/tail spines seem logical for the animal.<br /><br />Nice to get news on the neck issue too, there seems to be more support for the neck up position lately.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com