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From: MariusRomanus@aol.com
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2003 1:58 pm
Subject: Re: The bigger they were...
> Well.... speaking solely from the weather-side of things..... I'm
> confused as
> to why the impact of tornadic..... gale...... hurricane.....
> whatever.....
> force winds on any sort of animal within their vicinity would be
> questioned to
> begin with. Hence, I'm lost as to what the point of all of this is.
>
> Kris
The point is that a towering animal with a high centre of gravity would be
particularly vulnerable - and a sauropod fall could only be fatal (especially
for those beneath :-)).
Or could it? And could sauropods squat down??
Peter M