Bipedal Sauropods!

[Scylla]

Trackways in Texas show Sauropods may have waded on two front legs. Not the first time this has been seen either. I wonder if that's why brachiosaurus's front legs were so long?

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2231408-dinosaur-tracks-seem-to-show-giant-sauropod-wading-on-two-front-legs/amp/

[Kane]

That would make complete sense from a mechanical standpoint. I know I use my "forelimbs" for masking in shallow water as it provides a bit more control to stop in place, pivot, etc., rather than relying on the breaststroke or treading in place. For a sauropod, it would reduce the amount of downward neck craning needed to get at food along the sea bottom, as they could just tip along the front axis, taking advantage of the shift in their centre of mass (I'm thinking of those perpetual drinking birds  ).

[Scylla]

2 minutes ago, Kane said:

That would make complete sense from a mechanical standpoint. I know I use my "forelimbs" for masking in shallow water as it provides a bit more control to stop in place, pivot, etc., rather than relying on the breaststroke or treading in place. For a sauropod, it would reduce the amount of downward neck craning needed to get at food along the sea bottom, as they could just tip along the front axis, taking advantage of the shift in their centre of mass (I'm thinking of those perpetual drinking birds  ).

Did they (do you) wear flippers too?

[Kane]

2 minutes ago, Scylla said:

Did they (do you) wear flippers too?

 

(And, no, I don't wear flippers -- my feet are flippers  ). 

[Masp]

Well this is interesting...

 

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/strange-dinosaur-tracks-in-texas-might-show-giant-sauropods-moving-on-only-two-legs/amp