Advance announcement for a scientific paper: Pneumaticity in sauropods provides evidence for non-avian flight in dinosaurs Abstract- While it is widely known that sauropods (and most groups of dinosaurs) had heavily pneumaticized bone structures which are generally accepted as evidence for air sacs and bird-style respiration, it is not widely known that this system of internal air sacs when paired with certain gases would have allowed the earth’s largest land animals to have also been the largest animals to achieve flight. A forthcoming paper will document how sauropods achieved lift to become Mesozoic airships. This theory also sheds light on the creatures’ long necks and tails, which would be necessary for feeding on treetops beneath the floating giants and anchoring themselves via the long tail to tree trunks during rest periods. The theory though seemingly radical, is no more ludicrous than others that have cropped up (repeatedly) in the literature and can be at least equally well supported. And given time, will certainly be welcomed by paleontology as the only rational explanation for the evolution of these great Zeppelins of history. ...I will be accepting questions, offers for book deals and speaking tours. . . #allyesterdays #darrennaish #johnconway #dinosaur #brontosaurus #mesozoic #sauropods #evolution #theory #doodle #sketchbook #artistsoninstagram #paleoart https://www.instagram.com/p/B24sxgrlywK/?igshid=3y9h0ui75adl
