Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dinosaur Wimps

New research finds that many of the estimates of gargantuan dinosaur weights and sizes were wrong. For example, the mighty Apatosaurus louisae, one of the largest of the dinosaurs, has been widely cited as weighing about 42 tons (38,000 kg). According to the new equation, these creatures actually weighed a measily 20 tons (18,000 kg) ...

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