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Guaibasaurus was warm blooded, slept like a bird
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21-12-2011 6:53pm#1New Guaibasaurus remains have been found in Argentina, and show that the little primitive dino already slept in the same posture seen in Mei long and modern day birds. This suggests that, as birds use this posture to retain body heat, Guaibasaurus (a fair model for the very first dinosaurs) was a warm-blooded birdlike creature, not a cold blooded lizard-thing.
The article is in Spanish, tho.
http://noticias.maimonides.edu/encuentran-dinosaurio-reposando-como-ave/
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steddyeddy wrote: »When it reaches nature magazine or any more mainstream science journal Ill copy and paste it here.
Just a precaution, I think that may be illegal now due to our silly new SOPA clone law.
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steddyeddy wrote: »Good point! The latest science should be available to everyone though
To paraphrase legendary fossil hunter Othniel Charles Marsh:
"Science is not for people, science is for scientists!"
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I'd like to see what paleontologists would do without artists to bring the creatures back to life, something that they obviously can´t do.
Yeah?
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Bad example- Bob Bakker is as much an artist as a scientist. One of the few non-squares out there ;D0 -
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I like Bakker an awful lot. His frequent appearances on Jurassica (AKA Pealeoworld) were an inspiration to me as a child. It's rare that you get someone who can properly convey proper science with a childlike enthusiasm that ropes people in. The guys on Jurassic Fight Club try to replicate it, but it's just not the same...
I know right!
And unlike others, he's all for giving as much info to laypeople as he possibly can. :> His art is quite good too 0 -
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Astro physicists tend to be free with their information because it has so little commercial value.To paraphrase legendary fossil hunter Othniel Charles Marsh:
"Science is not for people, science is for scientists!"
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Sucks when you realise how much public money goes into the uni's and companies that lock down research or paywalled sites 0 -
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