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.
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.
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
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.
abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Or what they taste like if you serve them with a side salad
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Chicken, probably.
BoosBeau@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If it makes you feel better, you can eat my salad
OldGrayDog@fedinsfw.app 2 months ago
Chicken! Maybe turkey, but probably chicken or possibly another game bird, but probably chicken!
JoeyHarrington@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Nothing stopping you from eating what’s left
khannie@lemmy.world 2 months ago
They’ve actually started figuring out some colours believe it or not. I’m see if I can dig it up…
C8r9VwDUTeY3ZufQRYvq@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
“dig it up”. I see what you did there
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.