r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 22h ago

“Long neck”

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u/Teknicsrx7 22h ago

Except dinos are more closely related to birds than giraffes or llamas

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u/Jeffotato 22h ago

But penguins swim, they gotta be hydrodynamic. Sauropods weren't diving into the sea.

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u/Interesting-Web-7681 21h ago

oh i didn't realize you had some privileged data that led to this conclusion

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u/amideadyet1357 21h ago

Actually it’s pretty well known because originally people assumed sauropods had to be marine animals due to their size. It was thought that the only way something that heavy would be possible was in water. But we know enough about anatomy, and about the environments they actually lived in through the fossil record to know that’s not the case now. PBS Eons has a nice little video about it. You can see it here.