Re: Sauropods in wet versus dry environments... a tip of the hat to some past artists (Was Re. Lost Worlds)

["Ray Stanford" <dinotracker@earthlink.net>]

    Tim Williams observed, >Though, "sauropods wading in swamps and in
marine environments" is a lot
different to "sauropods were forced to spend the entire lives submerged in
water just to support their enormous bulk." <

    Quite true, but I (nor Dan Pigdon, I suspect) was not making reference
to that extreme and -- in perspective -- amusing viewpoint,  but I
appreciate Tim's point.

Ray Stanford

"You know my method.  It is founded upon the observance of trifles." --
Sherlock Holmes in The Boscombe Valley Mystery

----- Original Message -----
From: "Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>
To: "'Ray Stanford '" <dinotracker@earthlink.net>
Cc: <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 6:01 PM
Subject: RE: Sauropods in wet versus dry environments... a tip of the hat to
some past artists (Was Re. Lost Worlds)


Ray Stanford wrote:

>    Some of our most beloved dinosaur artists of bygone days were, IMHO,
>right all along, about the choice environments of these great animals.
>Long live sauropods wading in swamps and in marine environments!


Tim