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Bradly Shelby@bradthecurator.bsky.social |
For hundreds of years people have imagined #plesiosaurs lifting their serpentine necks up from the waves, maybe snapping at some passing #pterosaur. But we now know that their necks would have actually been fairly stiff, preventing this classic image.
#paleontology #scicomm #paleosky
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Bradly Shelby
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This also "torpedoes" stories about surviving plesiosaurs that describe them as lifting their necks vertically out of the water. Sorry #Nessie!
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Bradly Shelby
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The nature of buoyancy would have added even more obstacles, causing the animal to rock and tip over in the water. It would have definitely been difficult to snap up a passing #Pteranodon while struggling to even remain upright.
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Dr M
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So more giraffe and less cassowary
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