Re: sauropod feeding dogma

["Tim Williams" <T.Williams@cclru.randwick.unsw.edu.au>]

> > One would guess that they might have used a strategy similar to 
> > giraffes and spread their front legs, or went down on their elbows, to 
> > drink. 
> 
> A sauropod going down on its elbows? 
> Not likely.  Thier thick, elephant-like legs were not very bendable.

Maybe, just maybe, sauropods (especially brachiosaurids & 
camarasaurids) got all the water they needed from all the vegetation 
they ate.  
I know it's not very likely, but if koalas can do it, why not a 
sauropod?  I just can't imagine a fully-grown _Brachiosaurus_ 
stooping to drink from a lake without toppling in.

SPLASH!