Re: Since humans are two-thrids water, are dinosuars the same?

Date: Wed Jul 19 14:07:59 2000
Posted By: Diane Kelly, Post-doc/Fellow, Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Area of science: Evolution
ID: 961172653.Ev

Message:


Because dinosaurs are extinct, we can't know for sure whether dinosaurs 
contained the same amount of water as people do. But we can make a pretty 
good guess by looking at other living animals -- most of them are about the 
same density as water. So it's reasonable to say that dinosaurs were 
probably also about the same density as water.


Reference: Alexander, R. McN. 1989. Dynamics of Dinosaurs and Other Extinct 
Giants. Columbia University Press: New York.

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