tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post6325196436183953344..comments2024-03-18T18:17:34.333+01:00Comments on Theropoda: Come dedurre il Comportamento dei Theropodi MesozoiciUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-22159726643778522262010-02-21T17:18:08.600+01:002010-02-21T17:18:08.600+01:00I agree, I do. But what I'm trying to say is t...I agree, I do. But what I'm trying to say is that if these tyrannosaurs all started out basically the same then why would there skeletons change, UNLESS they were hunting different prey or doing other different behaviors. We'll never be able to know exactly what these behaviors are but we can infer from comparisons to relatives and animals who preform similar functions in their ecosystemsBretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168403050889835504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-33083602380234482212010-02-20T22:02:16.690+01:002010-02-20T22:02:16.690+01:00Your answer illustrate very well the differences b...Your answer illustrate very well the differences between facts and interpretations.<br /><br />Step 1: The fact is that Tyrannosaurus, Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus are different morphologically.<br />There are many differences, and, in my opinion, very very interesting. (Unfortunately, most people would find these facts very very boring...) <br /><br />Step 2: The interpretation is that these 3Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-71143195114952831522010-02-20T21:28:04.418+01:002010-02-20T21:28:04.418+01:00Andrea,
I agree, but this does illustrate that yo...Andrea,<br /><br />I agree, but this does illustrate that you can get SOME information that can indicate differences even from similar animals. Now we might not be able get absolute truths but we can get ideas, and if you want to deal only with absolute truths then ANY dinosaur show/article will be short and uninteresting to anyone but people like us. Taking your tyrannosaurs example and I won&#Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168403050889835504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-40695973967210163642010-02-20T20:49:08.704+01:002010-02-20T20:49:08.704+01:00Brett,
I'm not a felid expert, so, I cannot sa...Brett,<br />I'm not a felid expert, so, I cannot say how and what kind of ethological meaning we could extrapolate from felid's skeletons. My post used the example of nearly identical skeletons of animals very different ethologically because I want my readers to understand that most of what we often read and see about dinosaur ethology is (almost) impossible to be determined from their Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-51106784295054275992010-02-20T20:25:17.159+01:002010-02-20T20:25:17.159+01:00Mi inserisco per ribadire un dato, spesso dimentic...Mi inserisco per ribadire un dato, spesso dimenticato, che raffforza quanto detto da Cau.<br /><br />Il Leone non è "per forza" un animale sociale, il Leone euro-asiatico può cacciare in gruppi, branchi o da solo, le sue "strutture sociali" (usando un linguaggio antropomorfizzante) sono difficili da studiare perchè probabilmente non erano le stesse ovunque e perchè i leoni Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-43812347075142796032010-02-20T20:07:52.331+01:002010-02-20T20:07:52.331+01:00Andrea,
This might have worked better with actual...Andrea,<br /><br />This might have worked better with actual pictures since art can and will be off a bit or images from the same artist. And I do agree that very similar skeletons will be difficult to figure out... but to take this one step further, you can't tell me you can't see the difference between say a cheetah and a lion? I still see differences, like the feet, the backbone looks Bretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168403050889835504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-59644995651813181132010-02-20T17:42:34.102+01:002010-02-20T17:42:34.102+01:00:-)
Brett,
the bottom skeleton is depicted with mo...:-)<br />Brett,<br />the bottom skeleton is depicted with more extended limbs, so appears "longer-limbed". The above is depicted with more flexed limbs, so appears "stouter-limbed". But it's an illusion: <br />if you measure the hindlimb (femur + tibia + metetarsus) and dorsal column (from acetabulum to glenoid) of both skeletons, you will see that their Andrea Cauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855060597677361866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-30536532096455144572010-02-20T17:21:36.081+01:002010-02-20T17:21:36.081+01:00I agree and disagree;) The bottom skeleton is clea...I agree and disagree;) The bottom skeleton is clearly more of a running animal. The longer more gracile limbs, the deeper more compressed chest, the more compact feet. This will only give you a rough idea but it is an idea. Now I will freely admit that fine behaviors like breeding, social interactions/ herding/ would be unknown, unless foot prints or some other type of evidence were found, but toBretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168403050889835504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156944512466583246.post-25148209882017896312010-02-20T16:06:29.898+01:002010-02-20T16:06:29.898+01:00I 'documentari' sui dinosauri spesso non l...I 'documentari' sui dinosauri spesso non li sopporto. Oltre a dare informazioni spesso scorrette ed inventate di sana pianta sono anche brutti visivamente (nella maggior parte dei casi hanno anche una cgi indecente). A meno che non si ritrovino reperti eccezionali come quello del Velociraptor e Protoceratops morti assieme viene tecnicamente difficile ricostruire l'etologia di un Hulkolagushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15012423218278690859noreply@blogger.com