Re: walking dino

[Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au>]

John Hunt wrote:

> I've always been puzzled by this because I always thought that full
> erect gait was one of the defining characteristics of dinosaurs. 

I think that only applies to the hind limbs (specifically the ankles).
Even them, reversals sometimes happen, and creatures don't devolve back
out of a group into a more basal one just because of it. As President
Kodos once said: "We must move forward, not backward, upward not
forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom." :)

> It seems to me that erect front limbs would be the best way to 
> support the weight of all that head!

If only nature knew what was good for it... perhaps warthogs would be
able to reach the ground to graze from a standing position.

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Dann Pigdon
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