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How Dinosaurs Got So Big (LiveScience.com via Yahoo! News)

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The secret to mega-dinosaurs’ impressive sizes may be that the reptiles used more of their energy for growing and less for keeping their bodies warm compared with some creatures. A new model could help explain how some dinosaurs, such as long-necked sauropods, could have achieved masses of around 60 tons – about eight times the mass of an African elephant, the largest land animal alive today. …

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