• HenryWong327@lemmy.ml
      29·
      10 months ago

      Nope, sauropods were already right up against the limit of what’s physically possible for a land animal on Earth. If they were that chonky they would have been too heavy and would have overheated just from their body heat.

    • ancap shark@lemmy.today
      12·
      10 months ago

      Of course it’s possible. It’s highly improbable due to weight, of course, but it’s not impossible.

      There’s a lot of information that was not recorded in fossil, and we have very few fossil recorded, compared to how many animals of a species lived. How we reconstruct existinct animals keeps on changing with every new information, so it’s always cool to challenge the way we view a creature.

    • Simulation6@sopuli.xyz
      11·
      10 months ago

      Not very likely due to the weight. Same with the trunk suggestion, there was a lot of air space and gaps in the few skulls that were preserved to make them weight less.

    • Masimatutu@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

      Do you think a penguin of that size could get anywhere? The process of reconstruction is a very complex one, but basically they look for clues in the remains and speculate what is evolutionarily most likely.

  • pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe
    English
    9·
    10 months ago

    I can’t believe people care about dumb shit like someone’s height in fields where it doesn’t actually matter. That 5’1" little brown woman in office with her finger on the big red button is always going to be much more of an actual objective threat than some 6’11" massive chungus of a dude with no real charisma to speak of.

    Hell, just give the little brown woman a gun and pit her against Big Chungus on the street and see who comes out on top.

    People who analyze each other’s body condition and size and prioritize it for everyone other people do are such worthless fucking knuckledraggers.