Re: don' t think that flies

[Jura <pristichampsus@yahoo.com>]

--- On Mon, 11/24/08, Richard W. Travsky <rtravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> Tending would require staying in the same locality
> for an extended period
> >> of time and local food resources for a creature
> the size of a sauropod I'm
> >> sure would run out.
> >
> > Lots of animals fast while tending their nests.
> Sauropods could have 
> > built up huge reserves of fat prior to nesting.
> 
> I would think that'd conjure up a whole different set
> of issues!
> 
> I have this horrible image now of a fat sauropod...


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Y'know...crocodiles, cobras, tegus and other reptiles are able to fast for 
months at a time while guarding their nests. They are able to build up fat 
reserves without becoming morbidly obese (well...maybe not so much for tegus). 
I see no reason why sauropods couldn't do the same.

Given the greater available volume for possible fat storage in sauropods, I'd 
imagine it would be rather hard to tell a "fat" sauropod from a healthy one.

Jason