Comments on: Tiny Terror of the Cretaceous! http://victormilan.com/blog/2009/03/17/tiny-terror-of-the-cretaceous/ Fun, freedom, and adventure with Victor Milán Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Victor http://victormilan.com/blog/2009/03/17/tiny-terror-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Victor Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:02:37 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/?p=1468#comment-1044 Close. <em>Hesperonychus</em> means "Western Claw." The raptors, and a lot of other dinos, do appear to have hollow bones. These puppies are supposed to weigh 2 kg, or 4.4 pounds. Okay; I spaced that and remembered it as 2.2 pounds, or 1 kg. Which does make 'em, yeah, half-cat in weight. My mistake. I <em>told</em> you guys to be sure to hover your mice over my pictures! (Which, Jesus, if read by somebody 20 years ago would be utterly incomprehensible but distinctly unsavory.) Close. Hesperonychus means “Western Claw.”

The raptors, and a lot of other dinos, do appear to have hollow bones. These puppies are supposed to weigh 2 kg, or 4.4 pounds. Okay; I spaced that and remembered it as 2.2 pounds, or 1 kg. Which does make ‘em, yeah, half-cat in weight. My mistake.

I told you guys to be sure to hover your mice over my pictures! (Which, Jesus, if read by somebody 20 years ago would be utterly incomprehensible but distinctly unsavory.)

]]> By: Meowlin http://victormilan.com/blog/2009/03/17/tiny-terror-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Meowlin Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:22:55 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/?p=1468#comment-1040 Just noticed the "Lolosaurz" caption. Narf! - M. \"/ Just noticed the “Lolosaurz” caption. Narf!

- M. \”/

]]> By: Meowlin http://victormilan.com/blog/2009/03/17/tiny-terror-of-the-cretaceous/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 Meowlin Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:50:32 +0000 http://victormilan.com/blog/?p=1468#comment-1036 Elizabeth's Evening Star-claw? Maybe, if they have birdlike bone structure (i.e., hollow bones) their biomass would displace more volume than a cat's would. But if they're talking biomass, yeah. A quarter-cat, at best. Maybe a third of a cat, if you have a Singapura. - M. \"/ Elizabeth’s Evening Star-claw?

Maybe, if they have birdlike bone structure (i.e., hollow bones) their biomass would displace more volume than a cat’s would. But if they’re talking biomass, yeah. A quarter-cat, at best. Maybe a third of a cat, if you have a Singapura.

- M. \”/

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