blubber — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin' https://www.boards.ie/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:31:35 +0000 en blubber — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin' Sea Monster Reptiles Warm Blooded! https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055936979/sea-monster-reptiles-warm-blooded Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:21:02 +0000 Palaeontology Galvasean 2055936979@/discussions story we ran recently on an incredible new technique that allowes scientists to determine the body temperatures of long extinct animals, the same technique has nowbeen used on sea going reptiled from the Mesozoic such as plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs! It appears that they were in fact warm blooded and could actively pursue prey. There is even the possibility that some may have had blubber like modern whales!
"These [sea reptiles] all came from land reptiles, who we're pretty sure were so-called cold-blooded, and it was probably the same when they started swimming. But over time it looks like homeothermy evolved, and so we need to figure out when that happened and why," he said.

"Maybe it evolved as they became better at cruising, or [because] there were changes in average temperature or in sea level."

Full article here.

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