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Dinos straddled line between cold- and warm-blooded
Ancient creatures’ metabolisms were more like those of tuna, not birds or reptiles
MIDDLE OF THE PACK Dinosaurs’
metabolisms fit somewhere in between cold-blooded reptiles and
warm-blooded mammals and birds, a new analysis of growth rate and
energy-use data suggests.
J. Grady
Dinosaurs
weren’t quite like cold-blooded reptiles, but they weren’t like
warm-blooded birds either. Instead, they fell smack-dab in the middle.
Comparisons with modern animals reveal that dinosaurs’ metabolisms probably resembled those of great white sharks, researchers report in the June 13 Science.
The findings offer new clues into how the animals lived and also rekindle a longstanding debate. “This paper will make us go back to the drawing board,” says paleobiologist Martin Sander of the University of Bonn in Germany.
Comparisons with modern animals reveal that dinosaurs’ metabolisms probably resembled those of great white sharks, researchers report in the June 13 Science.
The findings offer new clues into how the animals lived and also rekindle a longstanding debate. “This paper will make us go back to the drawing board,” says paleobiologist Martin Sander of the University of Bonn in Germany.
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