Originally posted by Another_Nut
Originally posted by gamesmaster63
dinos could not live on the surface of the planet today , i suggest you read this
thread specifically what Catastrophist Ted Holden has to say. elephants are about the biggest land animal possible today.Teds math says in
order for dinos to live on land the atmosphere would need to be 2/3 the density of water to support their giant weight . and whales get so big cause
the water supports their weight, on land they die.edit on 16-9-2011 by Another_Nut because: (no reason given)
EU theory strikes again. Actually dino bone's cellular structure is honeycombed which is one of the strongest structural systems that exists
in nature.
bone structure has little to do with it. its muscle weight that kills them on land. unless they had honeycombed muscle. and what does EU have to
do with it ? the atmosphere was simply denser than now. that could have happened for a few reasons.edit on 17-9-2011 by Another_Nut because:
(no reason given)
Ted's behind the times -- which is not surprising, since Creationists don't really keep up with what's going on in paleontology labs.
The large dinosaurs (titanosaurs) have honeycombed bone structures AND air sacs throughout their bodies (yes, there's actually visible traces of
these) -- so comparing them to an elephant (with denser bones and no air sacs) isn't quite accurate. Sauropod bones are actually fairly delicate
(thin outer plate, honeycombed throughout inside) and lightweight. For Alamosaurus (the size of a 3 story building), the huge, 4 foot tall vertebra
(neckbone) weighed no more than 200 lbs. It looks like a Cheeto inside.
Although they were bulky, they didn't need the same mass of muscle to move as, say, the Pachyrhinosaurus, which has fairly dense bones.
They really are quite similar to birds in many ways.
