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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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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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This and are we all ok with the vomit containing Dino Bones?

Edit: or this the bones of dinos killed by the puke force?

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13 points

+1 for consistency.

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Like, I want to up vote the fact checking, but I want to down vote the careless grammar. I’m so torn.

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Make a second account and do both.

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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

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

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Actually, the science does not seem to be settled, with there being controversy about the specific neck posture.

Sauropod neck posture - Wikipedia - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauropod_neck_posture

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Same thing with giraffes.

It’s a huge misconception of unrealistic biomechanics.

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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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10 points

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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This is vertical propaganda.

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Nice deep fake! You can’t trick me!

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

So yes, they do.

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Let me guess, next you’re gonna claim the Egyptians already invented rubber bands to keep their brachiosaurs upright? Not falling for it.

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7 points

Do we even know if they were capable of vomiting?

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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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Didn’ know birds can vomit. Horses can’t.

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