Re: Hibernating Dinosaurs?

[MariusRomanus@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/17/2005 10:18:35 AM Alaskan Standard Time, 
twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com writes:

>> As for the Australian/Antarctic dinosaur thing raised by Kris.  There is 
no 
direct evidence of hibernation (or aestivation) in Australo-Antarctican 
dinosaurs.  However, since a large chunk of this combined mega-continent lay 
within the Antarctic Circle, any dinosaurs (and we know they lived here 
during the Cretaceous) would have had to contend with very cool, very long 
and very dark polar winters.  This has led to speculation that if any 
non-avian dinosaurs survived the K/T extinction, they may have lived Down 
Under.

I've nothing about a hibernating ornithomimid (unless someone suggested that 
_Timimus_ hibernated).  The large eyes of _Leallynasaura_ have been regarded 
as an adaptation to seeing in the dark; but it could just as equally be a 
juvenile trait.<<

Alright... That's the type of stuff I was curious about. So basically, it's 
all conjecture. Tis what I thought.

Thanks.

Kris
http://hometown.aol.com/saurierlagen/Paleo-Photography.html