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Re: Centri[fug]al Forces on a Horizontally Grazing Sauropoda

Very, very interesting calculations on the whole...

> The average brachiosaurus weighed 50,000 kgs.

Why 50 and not 30 t?

> Thus, the rapid motion of the head in a circular arc can create
> sufficient blood pumping forces.
> 
> If the head and tail were swept asynchronously, the animal could create
> an efficient blood pumping system, independent of a heart.

:-o