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- New study shows that gators are one-way breathers too.
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- Tag :air sacs, alligator, birds, crocodilians, crocodylians, crurotarsans, Crurotarsi, dinosaurs, flow-through lungs, pseudosuchia, unidrectional
- Mechanics of bipedalism suggest dinosaurs had to be warm-blooded. Or: Why the aerobic capacity model needs to be retired.
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :aerobic capacity, bennett and ruben, bipedal running, cold blooded, crocodilians, crocodylians, dinosaurs, ectothermy, endothermy, evolution of endothermy, farmer, hutchinson, McNab, oxygen consumption, pontzer, theropods, vo2 max, warm-blooded
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- The dangers of documentaries.
- Categories :Dinosaurs, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :bad documentaries, Clash of the Dinosaurs, Dangerous Ltd, discovery channel, Documentaries, misquotes, slander
- New study suggests that group nesting should be the norm – not the exception – in reptiles.
- Categories :Chelonia, Crocodylia, Extant Reptiles, Lacertilia, Serpentes, Sphenodontians, Uncategorized
- Tag :brooding skinks, communal egg laying, communal living, egg guarding, Eumeces, herps, Manouria, nest guarding, parental care, parental feeding, parental reptiles, parenting in reptiles, reptiles, skinks, social reptiles
- Bone histology says ectothermic goats, but does it?
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :dwarfism, ecotherm, ectothermic goat, ectothermy, goats, Myotragus, Myotragus balearicus, reptile, reptiles
- Land lubbing crocs get their day in the sun. Also, there’s a varanid special on NOVA.
- Categories :Crurotarsi, Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Lacertilia
- Tag :boar croc, crocodile, crocodyliform, crocodyliformes, crurotarsan, Crurotarsi, dog croc, duck croc, eric pianka, gondwana, lizard kings, monitor lizard, paleontology., paul sereno, rat croc, varanid
- Turns out Komodo dragons aren’t all that unique afterall.
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- Tag :giantism, island giantism, komodo dragon, Megalania, monitor lizards, ora, varanid, varanus komodoensis, varanus prisca, varanus priscus, varanus salvator, varanus silvalensis
- WordPress upgrade
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- Tag :blog, site developments, wordpress
- New paper says dinosaurs were endomorphs.
- Categories :Dinosaurs, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :body size, Brian McNab, dinosaurs, ecology, ectomorph, ectothermy, endomorph, endothermy, equation, evolution, formula, growth rate, mammals, math, mathematics, McNab, reptiles, sauropods