Re: Horner on NBC Nightly News

[Henri Rönkkö <henri.ronkko@kolumbus.fi>]

Chris Collinson wrote:

> The leg proportions are exactly that of a scaled up
> ornithomisaur, so it could run quite fast.

That is only if it could do it without breaking its bones.

> It had the biomechanics of a bird
> not an elephant and so had pneaumatitized bone making the beast much
lighter
> and nimbler, than would be expected for such a large animal.

In fact, the air cavities in bones and the coelom wouldn't have decreased
the animal's density significantly. If I recall correctly, the density of a
turkey is about 95% that of water.

Henri Rönkkö