http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/28/heat-like-a-bird-more-evidence-that-dinosaurs-mayve-been-warm-blooded/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/28/heat-like-a-bird-more-evidence-that-dinosaurs-mayve-been-warm-blooded/#comment-33507 Harry Wed, 04 Jul 2012 15:24:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38056#comment-33507 A simple point...Crocodiles n Tortoise [besides birds] seem to be the closest reptiles species surviving from that epoch....irrespective of the sizes they reach, doesnt make them warm blooded, so why not work backwards...if today they are Cold blooded...surely in the past [say late Triassic onwards] they wouldnt have been warm blooded...another thing, the climate would have been warmer n more humid allowing them [the Dinosaurs] to manage to grow without worrying about temprature variations to do their BAU tasks n yet living....the Flying Reptiles hmmm...now thats a bit iffy to explain...Evolution...back to the drawing boards on this one...:) A simple point…Crocodiles n Tortoise [besides birds] seem to be the closest reptiles species surviving from that epoch….irrespective of the sizes they reach, doesnt make them warm blooded, so why not work backwards…if today they are Cold blooded…surely in the past [say late Triassic onwards] they wouldnt have been warm blooded…another thing, the climate would have been warmer n more humid allowing them [the Dinosaurs] to manage to grow without worrying about temprature variations to do their BAU tasks n yet living….the Flying Reptiles hmmm…now thats a bit iffy to explain…Evolution…back to the drawing boards on this one…:)

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/28/heat-like-a-bird-more-evidence-that-dinosaurs-mayve-been-warm-blooded/#comment-33506 fintin Fri, 29 Jun 2012 14:14:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38056#comment-33506 For such a small debate, it's a very complicated one. For such a small debate, it’s a very complicated one.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/28/heat-like-a-bird-more-evidence-that-dinosaurs-mayve-been-warm-blooded/#comment-33505 Pete1215 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:42:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38056#comment-33505 Birds are warm-blooded. Birds are from dinosaurs. Therefore... Birds are warm-blooded. Birds are from dinosaurs. Therefore…

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/06/28/heat-like-a-bird-more-evidence-that-dinosaurs-mayve-been-warm-blooded/#comment-33504 Logan Fri, 29 Jun 2012 03:58:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=38056#comment-33504 Maybe they were just room temperature blooded? Maybe they were just room temperature blooded?

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