Re: Water drag, gas lift and skeletal element weight. WAS Fastovsky vs Archibald

[Aidan Karley <aidan_karley@yahoo.co.uk>]

In article <20050623102810.82059.qmail@web53209.mail.yahoo.com>, Tim 
Donovan wrote:
> North American ankylosaurid specimens are often found
> upside down, suggesting they bloated and floated.
>
       Uggh. Evocative. I'm trying to remember the medic's name for 
`gas gangrene' to come up with some dog-Latin for this scenario. 
"emphysematous" buoyancy ? "myonecrotic" redistribution. "bloat and 
float" does sound good though <G>
       
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 Aidan Karley,
 Aberdeen, Scotland,
 Location: 57°10' N,  02°09'  W (sub-tropical Aberdeen), 0.021233
 Written at Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:06 +0100



        
        
                
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