I just finished this thing off. Check out the last post for the specifics. My 'theory' for the color is based off of the flamingo and golden hammerhead, the prey (shrimp and fish,) eat a food item that causes their colors to change. The predator eats the fish or shrimp and they also change color. Same thing here, only replace fish with ostrich mimic;) It might not be perfect, but I at least thought about it;)
I recieved my copy of Gregory S. Paul's new book, haven't read it but flipped through it. Is is just me or do the new restorations look... stunted? The legs appear too short for several of the theropods and the heads look really big... I've seen lots of different restorations of these animals and they don't look like that. Strange. All the 'lumping' seems a bit extensive, and I'm still not seeing Jane as a juvenile T. rex. There is a juvenile Tarbosaurus that looks nothing like her... And the reason GSP gives? We haven't found any adults of Jane the Nanotyrannus so she must be a juvenile T. rex. Even I can see through that, we have a whopping 2 skeletons and one's just a head! I'm a bit disappointed, I was hoping for another PDW but this seems more of like an overview. And why are there so many Giraffatitan skeletons and a dirth of Titanosaurs...? I'll have to see if I change my mind upon actually reading it;)
Best,
Brett
Looks great, Brett!
ReplyDeleteI keep hearing kind of disappointing things about this new GSP book, so I'm holding off on getting a copy. Some of lumping sounds really odd...Pachyrhinosaurus = Centrosaurus, for example?
ReplyDeleteImpressive!
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ReplyDeleteawesome dinos!!
ReplyDeleteHey brett! Thanks to post here about Pauls new book. You should recommend it? Im thinking to preorder it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the kind words guys:)
ReplyDeleteSpartan,
If you like GSP I'd pick it up. Just note he lumps a LOT so if you wind up doing lots of double takes. from what I've read so far it's pretty standard fare. Not nearly as informative as PDW, but good for some basics.
Best,
Brett
Nice idea, it works with terrapins (being fed shrimp in the shell), so maybe it worked for the dinosaurs aswell?..
ReplyDeleteWe have suggested in the past that being able to turn pink (such as by flushing blood into blood vessels close to the skin surface) or indeed by being coloured pink in certain environments might be considered a beneficial result of natural selection. After all, in a heat haze objects coloured pink tend to become invisible. In theory, a seven tonne Ankylosaur could disappear if viewed through a heat haze at distance by a stereoscopic sighted Theropod.
ReplyDeleteHope all is well! My blog URL has changed, its http://paleogary.blogspot.com/ The old blog was just a place holder for the Project Dryptosaurus website which is now at www.njdino.com. Look forward to more awesome posts! Love your blog. My paleogary blog is just a personal blog, but I will update it when I can.
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