Dumb researcher claims dinosaurs lived in water

Adam Khor

This guy is still stuck in the early XX century. According to him, dinosaurs (and not only sauropods, but also the big two-legged ones) were unable to support their own weight on land, and instead they used their horizontal tail to aid buoyancy and spent most of their time floating in the water. He adds that the idea of dinosaurs in dry land "makes no sense". Reminds me of the Japanese scientist who said pterosaurs couldn´t fly...

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/04/03/dinosaurs-lived-underwater-british-scientist-claims/

Rubecula

Totally wrong of course as we know now that they eally lived on the moon and only came to Earth for the fishing holidays they were so fond of. :pac:

bogwalrus

surely some dinosaurs lived like hippos? Maybe alot?

Adam Khor

bogwalrus wrote: »

surely some dinosaurs lived like hippos? Maybe alot?

Yeah, no doubt about that. Lurdusaurus (an iguanodont from Africa) is currently believed to have been one of those, and maybe Australian Diamantinasaurus too. But one thing is to say that some dinosaurs were semiaquatic, and another saying that all giant dinosaurs lived in the water because they couldn´t support their weight.:(

Mickeroo

I could understand why they might think sauropods did it makes no sense to think a therapod would have been.

Adam Khor

Mickeroo wrote: »

I could understand why they might think sauropods did it makes no sense to think a therapod would have been.

But even sauropods have so many adaptations to support their weight on land (what about those bizarre, almost completely columnar legs?)...

Mickeroo

Adam Khor wrote: »

But even sauropods have so many adaptations to support their weight on land (what about those bizarre, almost completely columnar legs?)...

Yea of course, but to the layman just looking at them I can see why they would think it. No excuse for a researcher in the field though!

Galvasean

Surely the abundance of fossil dinosaur footprints is enough to dispel.... Actually why am I (Indeed, why is anyone) giving this nonsense the time of day?

Adam Khor

Galvasean wrote: »

Surely the abundance of fossil dinosaur footprints is enough to dispel.... Actually why am I (Indeed, why is anyone) giving this nonsense the time of day?

Just so we can point fingers and laugh. :pac:

Rubecula

Adam Khor wrote: »

Just so we can point fingers and laugh. :pac:

As if we would do that...........

Mickeroo

Here's a decent article on the whole debacle: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/04/paleontologists-sink-aquatic-dinosaur-nonsense/

Galvasean

I love that Dinosaur Tracking guy

Rubecula

And anyway if they were in the sea, and being big and comparatively slow moving, they would have their bits nibbled by mososaurs and plesiosaurs and such. Not a very successful method of surviving in my own honest opinion.

Besides what would they eat?

Adam Khor

Rubecula wrote: »

And anyway if they were in the sea, and being big and comparatively slow moving, they would have their bits nibbled by mososaurs and plesiosaurs and such. Not a very successful method of surviving in my own honest opinion.

Besides what would they eat?

Plankton?

Capt'n Midnight

What was the name of that Austrian phisoligist who tried to breath under water through a 2m long pipe ?
long story short the stress of breathing against the pressure of the water depth killed him



and besides their feathers would get wet



still can't find that picture of Baronyx in a tree , IIRC it was to do with it's feet gripping like birds

Adam Khor

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

What was the name of that Austrian phisoligist who tried to breath under water through a 2m long pipe ?
long story short the stress of breathing against the pressure of the water depth killed him



and besides their feathers would get wet



still can't find that picture of Baronyx in a tree , IIRC it was to do with it's feet gripping like birds

Say what, Baryonyx had grasping feet?? If it did, I'm guessing it may have been useful to capture fish (which would make sense if, like scientists believe, they hunted by touch) as I doubt there were trees large enough for Baryonyx to roost in XD

Rubecula

Rock climbing?

Adam Khor

Rubecula wrote: »

Rock climbing?

Wasn´t their habitat supossed to be flat floodplains?

Galvasean

Into the ocean,
let's be daring,
last one in,
is a rusty herring!