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Post by Griffin on Mar 3, 2011 3:40:56 GMT
wow that image must be brand new. I find it really weird how a sauropod would be coordinated enough/quick enough to kick out like that.
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Post by Himmapaan on Mar 3, 2011 11:13:41 GMT
wow that image must be brand new. I find it really weird how a sauropod would be coordinated enough/quick enough to kick out like that. Those were my thoughts too. I can easily acept that it could kick, but with such well-aimed agility... I don't know. That aside, the illustration Zopteryx posted looks more plausible than the first. Animals generally kick out backwards with their hindlegs (incidentally, my guess* (and it is merely that) is that it's doing that rather than kicking out sideways). * This is ridiculous; one can't even type 'a ssumption' (remove space) without the stupid system thinking one is being profane. One can't even type the animal 'a ss', come to that.  |
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Post by zopteryx on Mar 4, 2011 1:05:28 GMT
wow that image must be brand new. I find it really weird how a sauropod would be coordinated enough/quick enough to kick out like that. Those were my thoughts too. I can easily acept that it could kick, but with such well-aimed agility... I don't know. That aside, the illustration Zopteryx posted looks more plausible than the first. Animals generally kick out backwards with their hindlegs (incidentally, my guess* (and it is merely that) is that it's doing that rather than kicking out sideways). I agree about it mainly kicking backwards, hence the name "Thunder Thighs" perhaps? I don't know about its coordination, but one thing's clear, you would have to be a very unlucky or very slow dromeasaur to be kicked in the face by a sauropod! |
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Post by Horridus on Mar 4, 2011 1:26:26 GMT
I agree about it mainly kicking backyards, hence the name "Thunder Thighs" perhaps? Er....what? |
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Post by zopteryx on Mar 4, 2011 1:27:29 GMT
I agree about it mainly kicking backyards, hence the name "Thunder Thighs" perhaps? Er....what? Thighs are the on the back legs right? Hence a stronger backwards kick. |
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Post by Horridus on Mar 4, 2011 1:30:09 GMT
Apart from the fact that legs can kick forwards as well as backwards - a "backyards" kick? Is this some colloquialism I'm not familar with? :\
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Post by zopteryx on Mar 4, 2011 1:40:03 GMT
I just figured that since dinosaurs were back leg oriented animals, a backwards kick would be more powerful. As Himmappan said, most animals kick with their hind legs, the only exception I've every seen is an elephant, which come to think of it, is the closest thing we have today to a saurpod (in terms of weight), so...hmm...maybe I need to rethink this.
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Post by Horridus on Mar 4, 2011 1:45:55 GMT
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Post by zopteryx on Mar 4, 2011 1:50:06 GMT
:-XOops! I meant backwards, like the opposite of forwards (slaps own face). I'll fix that in the previous posts. |
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Post by sepp on Mar 4, 2011 2:25:47 GMT
This picture was painted by a member here, Ixerin  She's very fast at illustrating new finds! (Though she hasn't been active here for quite a while  ) Her Balaur illustration was featured in Discovery Channel Magazine, too |
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Post by Himmapaan on Mar 4, 2011 14:21:24 GMT
I just figured that since dinosaurs were back leg oriented animals, a backwards kick would be more powerful. As Himmappan said, most animals kick with their hind legs, the only exception I've every seen is an elephant, which come to think of it, is the closest thing we have today to a saurpod (in terms of weight), so...hmm...maybe I need to rethink this. An elephant however is an extremely intelligent animal, and certainly possesses a far superior brain to a sauropod both in size and capacity for processing information. And of course hind legs can kick forward too. But quadrupeds tend instinctively to kick out backwards with them. Think about it. There's not the same degree of of force, movement or even comfort in kicking forwards with hind legs. They're more likely to lash out forward with the fore, and backwards with the hind. |
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Post by Griffin on Mar 4, 2011 18:33:21 GMT
Yeah an elephant seems similar with design but at the same time you need to consider the vast difference between its brain and that of a sauropod. I remember watching the behind the scenes for WWD and they were observing elephants trying to get ideas for how the diplodocus should move. The sauropod expert that was there as a consultant said that a sauropod wouldn't be as fluid or coordinated as an elephant.
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Post by Godzillasaurus on Mar 5, 2011 22:45:30 GMT
Poor Utahraptor...Cool new sauropod though. Is this the first Camarasaur from the Cretaceous? Holy CRAP!!!!!!!!! ThaT RAPTOR IS DONE!!!! So much for tail lashings. |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 6, 2011 19:12:46 GMT
You know..when I think of strong leg muscles in dinosaurs I wouldn't think of kicking first off. What if it developed those leg muscles to hold it's weight while rearing up ?
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She's very fast at illustrating new finds! (Though she hasn't been active here for quite a while 
) Her Balaur illustration was featured in Discovery Channel Magazine, too 
