At 02:46 PM 31/12/01 -0500, Danvarner@aol.com wrote:
<< Is there any advantage to horizontal feeding with such a long neck? >>
Yes. A much greater area could be foraged with a minimum of energy
expended. An enormous swath could be cut by a sauropod with a thirty-foot
horizontal neck. DV
Might a long neck also have permitted cropping of vegetation in muddy or
swampy areas where it might have ben unsafe or such a heavy animal to walk?
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