Re: Cold blood, hot skin

[John Conway <john_conway@mac.com>]

> Would, say, a big cold-blooded sauropod have to  spend its life in shade
> to avoid "cooking" its own skin?

> On Monday, April 8, 2002, at 03:24  AM, David Marjanovic wrote:

> May be a "what-if" question... apparently a cold-blooded sauropod would 
> have
> been unable to grow to sauropod sizes in the first place. Search the
> archives for more discussions on this topic. :-)


It was a "what if" question. Heck, I know the arguments about growth 
speed, I was more interested in this particular problem.

I personally don't think that sauropods were cold-blooded, but I know 
that many palaeontologists do. So I would still like to know if this 
would have been a problem IF some large dinosaurs were cold-blooded.


John Conway, Palaeoartist

"All art is quite useless." - Oscar Wilde

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