Post by DinosaurMichael on Jun 23, 2013 17:25:00 GMT 5
If you suffer from ophidiophobia — an irrational fear of snakes — you may want to think twice before watching the above video.
And if you assume that the albino Burmese python opened a closed door purely by accident, know this: Snakes and other reptiles are surprisingly clever.
A 2011 study published in the Journal of the Royal Society: Biology Letters found that lizards are smart enough to solve puzzles to help them find food, and could quickly adapt to changes in those puzzles, meaning they're as smart as some other vertebrates.
These findings upended previous assumptions about how higher intelligence is limited to social species with varied daily diets. Most reptiles are solitary creatures, and many will eat only occasionally, not every day.
Perhaps it's time to deadbolt your doors — and hide the key in a snake-proof container.
Supercommunist: They found a mummified homotherium cub.
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theropod: Well lol, my government announced it was breaking up on the very same day.
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Infinity Blade: We failed you.
Nov 6, 2024 23:20:59 GMT 5
theropod: Yes. Shit. I don’t think the free world had any real plan B or contingency for the worst case scenario that has apparently ended up happening. Things were bad enough as it is, and nobody really has any capacity left to deal with it getting even shittier.
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Supercommunist: Trump won. Was already pretty pessimistic about climate change but I think I am now in full doomer mode.
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Exalt: And the giga not having as wide of a skull
Sept 6, 2024 23:05:23 GMT 5
Exalt: I would think that it's because of T.rex striking with power
Sept 6, 2024 23:02:54 GMT 5
Infinity Blade: I imagine tyrannosaurs having finesse through their premaxillary teeth. We know they could delicately scrape meat off of bones with those if they wanted to.
Aug 28, 2024 1:29:55 GMT 5
Supercommunist: Anyone find it kind of weird how some people portay gigantosaurus as a finese predator compared to a tyrannosaurus? Given that tyrannosaurus had the smaller gape and the duller teeth, wouldn't it require more precision?
Aug 27, 2024 23:49:00 GMT 5
Exalt: Could that be an anti-prefator adaptation, or?
Aug 14, 2024 20:32:23 GMT 5
Infinity Blade: I've read that in birds sex only lasts a few seconds, so maybe the fact that intercourse is very brief is an advantage.
Aug 12, 2024 7:26:21 GMT 5
Supercommunist: So I can't help but think that cloacas are more prone to STDS and infection that an animal that separates its poop hole and genitals. Are there any real big advantages of having a cloaca?
Aug 11, 2024 12:37:19 GMT 5
Infinity Blade: Dinosaur Revolution depicted Gigantoraptor like a bird of paradise, using colors, an inflatable throat sac, and dancing to court a mate.
Jul 22, 2024 18:42:46 GMT 5
Exalt: Some birds are known for extravagant courtship displays. Has anyone depicted non-avian dinosaurs doing such a thing? Presumably theropods.
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razor45dino: 1.2 tonnes is probably a large underestimate or is not representative of a 13 meter individual
Jul 6, 2024 7:39:16 GMT 5
Infinity Blade: Assuming the Kaatedocus is 13 m and 1.2 tonnes, however, only gets you ~7.5 tonnes, which is unreasonable.
Jul 6, 2024 7:26:59 GMT 5
Infinity Blade: Supercommunist If you scale a 13 m 1.9 t Kaatedocus to Diplodocus' length (24 m), it comes out to be ~12 t. This lines up pretty well with a Diplodocus' body mass at that length.
Jul 6, 2024 7:24:20 GMT 5
Supercommunist: I've noticed that baboons seem to gang up on predators far quicker than other social animals.
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