Re: Choose how long you live as a hefty dinosaur

From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Jul 26 2002 - 14:23:39 MDT


Robert J. Bradbury wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Damien Broderick wrote:
>...
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> We probably produce a
>large chunk of our free radical damage simply maintaining body
>temperature. Reptiles, esp. dinosaurs, may not have had that
>problem to deal with. (Yes I know there is a debate as to
>whether dinosaurs were cold/warm blooded).
>
>...
>
>Robert
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When you consider the really large dinosaurs, it probably doesn't matter whether you consider them to be warm blooded or cold blooded. Their problem was getting rid of excess heat, not raising it. The medium and small dinosaurs are, of course, a different matter.

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