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Metabolism part II: MSMR and the myth of the quarter power law
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles
- Tag :allometric, allometry, BMR, cold blooded, ectotherm, endotherm, Kleiber, mass specific metabolic rate, metabolism, MSMR, regression, regression equations, RMR, Rubner, warm-blooded
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Metabolism part I: The importance of being specific
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :BMR, metabolic rate, metabolics, metabolism, RMR
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Nile crocodile takes on elephant
- Categories :Uncategorized
- Tag :crocodile, crocodile attacks elephant, crocodylus niloticus, elephant, nile crocodile
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T-U-R-T-L-E Power Part 3: Leatherbacks Break All the Rules.
- Categories :Chelonia, Extant Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :brown fat, dermochelys coriacea, ectotherm, endotherm, gigantothermy, high growth rates, homeotherm, inertial homeotherm, jellyfish, leatherback, respiratory turbinates
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T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Part 2: The weird and wacky origin of turtles.
- Categories :Chelonia, Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :anapsid, archosaur, chelonian, diapsid, eunotosaurus, odontochelys, pareiasaur, procolophonoid, proganochelys, sauropterygia, testudines, tortoises, turtle relationships, Turtles
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Get in on the deal: Indiana University Press one day sale.
- Categories :Extant Reptiles, Extinct Reptiles, Uncategorized
- Tag :ankylosaurs, book sale, deinosuchus, dinosaurs, Indiana University Press, IUP, Life of the Past, mosasaurs, reptiles
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New study shows that gators are one-way breathers too.
- Categories :Uncategorized
- Tag :air sacs, alligator, birds, crocodilians, crocodylians, crurotarsans, Crurotarsi, dinosaurs, flow-through lungs, pseudosuchia, unidrectional
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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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2.9 upgrade
- Categories :Uncategorized
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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