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September 27, 2012 05:49 pm PDT
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Why don't giraffes have necks as long as a brachiosaurus?
We think of giraffes as long-necked creatures, but compared to ancient sauropod dinosaurs (a family that includes the brachiosaurus and apatosaurus) even the longest-necked giraffe may as well be nicknamed "Stumpy". In a paper published online at arXiv site, two paleontologists analyzed the biology of sauropods in an attempt to figure out which features allowed [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LPYrpQC5YTE/why-dont-giraffes-have-necks.html
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