tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post5533230556943059611..comments2024-03-17T03:22:22.674-04:00Comments on ED Bites: Even T. rex can't catch a break...Carrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-2300752064756829412009-03-04T14:36:00.000-05:002009-03-04T14:36:00.000-05:00In a way I feel like the scientist who wrote that ...In a way I feel like the scientist who wrote that was wording it to "relate to the masses" or something. Which is a shame, because most people <I>would</I> find that title attention grabbing. We are a society that likes to judge people and apparently now extinct species as to whether or not they are too fat or too thin. The way this article is worded is more a reflection of that than anything. I mean it is a circle, whereby we are influenced by the media and the media is influenced by us. I guess the article's title was meant to be attention grabbing, but really, for this girl, it was nausea inducing. Thanks for sharing this.Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11098013076632075762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-81327784288844133492009-03-04T11:39:00.000-05:002009-03-04T11:39:00.000-05:00I wouldn't put it past some people to try to creat...I wouldn't put it past some people to try to create a hypothetical diet for a dinosaur.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard about people judging how fat or fit past species were. And considering I'm majoring in biology, minoring in physical anthropology, I would hope I'd heard of this. I agree with Okie, we try to understand physical structuring and function, behavior, feeding strategies etc.Melanie Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00488584860287052327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-7210911381006976652009-03-04T08:45:00.000-05:002009-03-04T08:45:00.000-05:00Wow. Seriously? I bet real scientists wouldn't g...Wow. Seriously? I bet real scientists wouldn't give a flying flip about how fat or thin a dinosaur was. Study important things like its muscle function, its hunting habits, its breeding seasons—not how fat or fit it was. Give me a break.<BR/>This is a great find, thank you for sharing.Okiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17181766063204088622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-8338096335510575722009-03-04T00:53:00.000-05:002009-03-04T00:53:00.000-05:00Oooh, dinos better watch out, their bones are pneu...Oooh, dinos better watch out, their bones are pneumatized to start with and ED-induced osteoporosis would crumble them in no time...and I agree, that title was definitely over the top.Cammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18181004571609998125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-86657894305165560732009-03-04T00:51:00.000-05:002009-03-04T00:51:00.000-05:00How completely and entirely unnecessary. Aside fro...How completely and entirely unnecessary. Aside from the fact that I don't care in the least whether dinosaurs had a belly and what they would have looked like with one, how is it even remotely relevant if they were a "fattysaurus or thinnysaurus"?<BR/><BR/>-LindsayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com