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Thread #36868   Message #512380
Posted By: Naemanson
22-Jul-01 - 01:13 PM
Thread Name: Cruelty to dinosaurs (and songs about them)
Subject: RE: Cruelty to dinosaurs
McGrath, is that also a lesson for vegetarians? *grin*

The Dinosaur Heresies by Richard(?) Bakker is a book dealing with the myths we have long cherished on dinosauria. Bakker speculates, and provides is proof, that the dinosaurs were warm blooded, very active, and evolved into birds. He provides all his evidence and paints a very persuasive picture of these beasts. I think Spielberg (or maybe Crichton) leaned on it quite extensively in the first movie. I know the kid had a copy in his hands when he first talks to Sam Neil's character.

Jack Horner also investigated the myths of the dinosaur in his book on the discoveries of the dinosaur nurseries. He has shown that dinosaurs cared for there young and even excavated dinosaur nests with young and unhatched eggs in place.