New Analysis Shows Dinosaurs Not As Heavy As Previously Believed.

Cognitive Dissident writes "Discovery.com has an article on a new study using computer modeling to estimate the actual amount of flesh needed to cover the skeletons of dinosaurs. Based on a comparison with modern animals, it indicates that these animals could have weighed dramatically less than has been previously estimated. 'A huge Brachiosaur, once thought to weigh 176,370 pounds, is now believed to have weighed 50,706 pounds.' That's only about two-and-a-half times the weight of a modern African elephant. If other evidence can be reconciled with this, many estimates of the ecosystems dinosaurs lived in will also have to be revised."

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Re:I blame yo-yo dieting myself

[a_hanso]

I'm waiting for the creationists to seize on this to claim that maybe dinosaurs aren't as real as previously believed.