Re: Cold blood, hot skin

["David Marjanovic" <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

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

Oh, sorry.

> I personally don't think that sauropods were cold-blooded, but I know
> that many palaeontologists do.

"Many" is AFAIK incorrect. Maybe the new growth speed studies have even
changed the minds of those that have argued for intermediate metabolic
rates, gigantothermy and similar "compromises".

> So I would still like to know if this
> would have been a problem IF some large dinosaurs were cold-blooded.

Certainly. :-)