RE: Sheesh

[ROBERT NICHOLLS <nichollsart@hotmail.com>]

Something interesting...

...humm, well, I've just finished reading "The Ancestor's Tale" by Richard 
Dawkins and in it he asked "why were there no dinosaur-moles?"  I would be 
very interested to hear some views from the DML on this...



> From: don ohmes <d_ohmes@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Sheesh
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:31:23 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Will somebody please start a thread? Preferably something interesting and 
> informative? I'm slipping into a torpor here, and due to the fact that I'm 
> giving up coffee, it could be permanent if nothing interesting happens.
>
> Hmmm. Torpor. Uh, did any dinosaurs need to hibernate? Would 
> torpor-capacity improve survival % in a bolide-winter event? Could 
> torpor-capacity have been a crucial diference between birds and dinos (<= 
> vernacularity alert!)? What is the smallest "non-avian dino" found at, uh, 
> hmmm. Have anybody decided what to call the event formerly known as K/T 
> yet?
>
> Why is the sky blue, Mommy? Was it blue before they had color TV? C'mon 
> folks. Entertain me please.
>
> Don

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