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Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 3 days agotime to compare mass/cooling appendage area for dinosaurs and elephants (they use their ears for cooling).
problem.
Weren’t spinosaurs aquatic? cooling surfaces like those aren’t needed if you’re in the water.
Devadander@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I’m not an expert on these, just pointing out they aren’t made for attaching large neck muscles
Krauerking@lemy.lol 3 days ago
This is such a paradoxical statement that it becomes like an answer to a puzzle on how to use 17 words to say nothing then.
stephen01king@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
He’s not an expert doesn’t equal he lacks any knowledge whatsoever. He might lack the knowledge to theorise what the bones are used for but has enough knowledge to know that it doesn’t work as a muscle attachment point. How is this paradoxical?
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 days ago
That’s such a fine point to be that knowledged but just shy of being able to actual speak confidently on the matter. It means they don’t have the knowledge to speak confidently on the matter that they just did. Paradoxical.
They don’t speak for their own credentials and it’s unwise to trust a confident statement made right after saying:
I’m not an expert but…