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[–] 79 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Why wouldn't they lower their head to vomit? Everything does...

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Perhaps through the evidence of a crater, and it's depth in the type of ground in which it was found, is enough for scientists to determine these creatures actually threw up fully erect, not unlike the night I lost my virginity.

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago (27 children)

    Hate to be that guy and ruin everyone's fun but this is science memes, dinosaurs like that would not have there head up like that. They rarely raised there head above there shoulders.

    According to Kent Stevens, computer-modeled reconstructions of the skeletons made from the vertebrae indicate that sauropod necks were capable of sweeping out large feeding areas without needing to move their bodies, but were unable to be retracted to a position much above the shoulders for exploring the area or reaching higher.

    Yeah, that classic image of tall sauropods 🦕 is probably wrong. Also like someone else mentioned they wouldve probably lowered there head anyway to vomit.

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  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    I'm impressed that you managed to misspell "their" every time there. The only correct spelling was in the quoted text.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    So I went and stalked them. They largely ignore that ‘their’ exists, which is amazing, since their texts are otherwise near-perfect English.

    A few examples of their using ‘their’: 1

    [F]or the police to chase their had to be a reasonable suspicion […]

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    Their approval among there base of shias has only gone up since the conflict started

    3

    […] let people know about their bias […]

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    Same thing with giraffes.

    It's a huge misconception of unrealistic biomechanics.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    That giraffe is drinking.

    When they're not intentionally bending down to reach something low down like a water hole, they look like this:

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Are you talking about puking or just how they hold themselves? Because if it’s the later, have you ever been to a zoo? They clearly walk around with their necks held at like a 60-45 degree angle up from their spine. We can look up pictures of this in modern day too.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Giraffes literally have a rubber-like band tht keeps their head vertical at rest.

    So yes, they do.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Do we even know if they were capable of vomiting?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Seeing how both us and birds can vomit, probably. I imagine that developed very early. If you eat something harmful, you're dead if you can't vomit. If you don't have the brainpower to identify safe and harmful things, you're pretty screwed.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    "Brachiosaurus puke crater" is an excellent band name

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    "Puke crater" alone describes the magnitude.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Try explaining that one after death.

    "How'd you die? I got eaten by a T-Rex!"

    "I, um well, I...I was going for a walk to find food and I know following this big guy who never eats the lower stuff is great, he cant reach it and the bugs that fall off the trees hes eating are great! As I was munching on a fleeing bug, the big guy burps and I looked up to see him puke. No matter how fast I tried to scurry away the goo was too much and it squished me flat"

    "Oh, I'm sorry to hear that, hopefully you have better luck on this side"

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This reminds me of a similar paper - "pressures produced when penguins poo"

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Heeey, now I don't feel so bad about my University days, thanks!

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Why have I had to wait two and a half years to receive this important information?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    I’m impressed someone thought about this question

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ok sure. But how many keg stands would they do before vomiting?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Police investigators are on the scene dusting for regurgitant.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    Needs more jpeg.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Now I have to know: Do we have fossilized dinosaur puke? I know we have fossilized dung. Or could they not puke like horses.

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