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| What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you. | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,251 Views) | |
| babehunter1324 | Jan 23 2015, 02:57 PM Post #3736 |
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I guess that also may have something to do with the fact that sloths usually had a pretty slow metabolysm (maybe not so much on ground dwelling spcies, but still...) so I guess that they're biggest problem thermoregulation problem wasn't to stay cool... |
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| Yi Qi | Jan 23 2015, 03:04 PM Post #3737 |
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they were still large scale warm blooded creatures, slow metabolism or not, and while true they probably wouldn't care too much about thermoregulation as your average elephant, still, its the freaking nevadan desert, you'd expect atleast some loss of hair if size and integument loss were related to thermoregulation. |
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| Paleosaurus | Jan 24 2015, 02:25 PM Post #3738 |
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I thought all the ground sloth fur we had was from species in temperate climates? I've pictured the tropical giant sloths as hairless or with reduced coats, and the colder climate species with thicker ones. |
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| Taurotragus | Jan 24 2015, 02:33 PM Post #3739 |
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Came around here for a fossil, and one's not here. |
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| Ignacio | Jan 25 2015, 05:33 AM Post #3740 |
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Ex Corrupt Staff
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Are you sure? Have you checked all of the 250 pages ?
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| Yutyrannus the second | Jan 25 2015, 09:06 AM Post #3741 |
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T-WRECKS annoys me. |
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| babehunter1324 | Jan 25 2015, 09:38 AM Post #3742 |
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But... It was the king of all dinos! It even flew jet fighters to wreck on the lawn mowing plebz |
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Jan 25 2015, 09:56 AM Post #3743 |
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Oh dear God you wouldn't have
Edited by Drax, Jan 25 2015, 09:58 AM.
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| Ignacio | Jan 25 2015, 12:18 PM Post #3744 |
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haha i didn't... but i don't know about Danny
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| Denomon3144 | Jan 25 2015, 12:20 PM Post #3745 |
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Pick a god and pray!
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Edited by Denomon3144, Jan 25 2015, 12:20 PM.
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| Yi Qi | Jan 25 2015, 01:35 PM Post #3746 |
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nope, infact most fur comes from tropical south america, namely Brazil and northern argentina, which were as hot then as they are today. and theres of course fur from species such as the northern Nothrotherium species from the mojave desert. the only species we have fur samples for temperate enviroments is mylodon, and yet, that same species also inhabited fairly warm climates up north. |
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| Incinerox | Jan 25 2015, 03:41 PM Post #3747 |
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Long haired species in hot climates doesn't surprise me. Hell, bison habitats get pretty hot for much of the year, and they're really hairy. Not as hairy as say, Musk Ox, but bison are still huge animals from sun exposed plains that aren't leathery beasts. |
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| Furka | Jan 25 2015, 03:45 PM Post #3748 |
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I'm kinda annoyed by how people often use marine animals in environment different from those they were found. Just because they could swim it doesn't mean they were necessarily spread worldwide. |
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| Yi Qi | Jan 25 2015, 03:47 PM Post #3749 |
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Indeed, infact many things decide if an animal is gonna loose integument or not, size in particular is not one of them I could infact bring forth even more examples such as brown bears of the gobi desert and black bears on arizona and Mexico. |
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| CyborgIguana | Jan 26 2015, 08:28 AM Post #3750 |
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Behold the stupidity...if you dare. |
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