How the f**k did dinosaurs get so big?

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: jandrews
Millions of years of evelution as well as a very large amount of abundant foodsources. I think the temperature of the planet in general was warmer in those times and the land masses were more connected. Vegetation and meat would have been plentiful and without many winters and all that time the elite animals would mate producing larger and larger creatures. For example, humans used to have a much smaller average height only a few hundred years ago, I would be curious to see what another 1000 years brings.

An abundance of food is not a convincing argument. I think any mid-income person could afford more food than they'd ever want to eat but people still haven't grown as large as dinosaurs.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

At least get it right if you're gonna try. You're just referring to the "Christian" son of god. Monotheism though, has existed for much more than 2000 years.

So...it was more like 3000 years ago that we invented god then?

Even more, but that is obviously beside the point.

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Atif
Something tells me this guy knows

That guy knows EVERYthing.

 

[Homerboy]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

2000 yrs? I think a "God" was invented long before then...

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: jandrews
Millions of years of evelution as well as a very large amount of abundant foodsources. I think the temperature of the planet in general was warmer in those times and the land masses were more connected. Vegetation and meat would have been plentiful and without many winters and all that time the elite animals would mate producing larger and larger creatures. For example, humans used to have a much smaller average height only a few hundred years ago, I would be curious to see what another 1000 years brings.

An abundance of food is not a convincing argument. I think any mid-income person could afford more food than they'd ever want to eat but people still haven't grown as large as dinosaurs.

We haven't had as much time to evolve? Besides that, we have a relative intellectual advantage, as well as our culture, science and things like that. Otherwise, we are slowly getting larger thanks to nutritional advantages.

 

[Fenixgoon]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Excelsior

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

At least get it right if you're gonna try. You're just referring to the "Christian" son of god. Monotheism though, has existed for much more than 2000 years.

So...it was more like 3000 years ago that we invented god then?

perhaps, but the sarcasm meter has existed far longer. yours may be due to a millennial(?) checkup

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Reptiles never stop growing. So if they were given ideal living situations, they could grow to enormous proportions.

Or, ya, uh, just give a snails hundreds of trillions of years and through natural selection and magic benefitial mutations they'll gradually get really big then get really small and turn into birds. :thumbsup:

 

[oiprocs]

Originally posted by: Eli
I think a better question would be how did modern plants and animals get so small....

Now that's thinking outside the box. :thumbsup:

 

[FeuerFrei]

Before the flood there was a lot more oxygen in the atmosphere and probably higher air pressure too, IIRC.

Experiments show these conditions result in deluxe size animals.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: ducci
I like how people posted stuff as if they knew it off the top of their head, when we all know they just Googled it first and then posted the info they found.

That *may* be true, but someday, you'll realize that there are a lot of people on these forums smarter than you are, or at least more knowledgeable on diverse topics.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ducci
I like how people posted stuff as if they knew it off the top of their head, when we all know they just Googled it first and then posted the info they found.

That *may* be true, but someday, you'll realize that there are a lot of people on these forums smarter than you are, or at least more knowledgeable on diverse topics.

Anandtech is an awesome place to ask questions about everything. With a such a large, diverse userbase there is almost always somebody who know alot about whatever it is you need to know.

 

[needalife]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

Blasphemy!

 

[KK]

I would venture to guess that the population of dinosaurs were such to support larger animals. plus on those very large ones were not meat eaters but plant eaters and liked eating off of very tall trees so they needed to be big to reach them.

 

[Xylitol]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

You are an idiot - hahaha...
You are an idiot - hahaha...
You are an idiot - hahaha...

 

[m1ldslide1]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: jandrews
Millions of years of evelution as well as a very large amount of abundant foodsources. I think the temperature of the planet in general was warmer in those times and the land masses were more connected. Vegetation and meat would have been plentiful and without many winters and all that time the elite animals would mate producing larger and larger creatures. For example, humans used to have a much smaller average height only a few hundred years ago, I would be curious to see what another 1000 years brings.

An abundance of food is not a convincing argument. I think any mid-income person could afford more food than they'd ever want to eat but people still haven't grown as large as dinosaurs.

Depends on the mid-income person.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: Eli
I think a better question would be how did modern plants and animals get so small....

Probably because people hunt them for sport.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: ducci
I like how people posted stuff as if they knew it off the top of their head, when we all know they just Googled it first and then posted the info they found.

That *may* be true, but someday, you'll realize that there are a lot of people on these forums smarter than you are, or at least more knowledgeable on diverse topics.

Anandtech is an awesome place to ask questions about everything. With a such a large, diverse userbase there is almost always somebody who know alot about whatever it is you need to know.

To be fair, there ARE a lot of people who just post their best guess. While the best guesses of smart people are better on average than dumb people, it's still no guarantee.

....but yeah, I agree.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Eli
I think a better question would be how did modern plants and animals get so small....

something that caused a mass extinction. my guess is a meteor followed by months of darkness. the smaller animals had a better chance of surviving.

 

[DangerAardvark]

Originally posted by: sygyzy

Originally posted by: jandrews
Millions of years of evelution as well as a very large amount of abundant foodsources. I think the temperature of the planet in general was warmer in those times and the land masses were more connected. Vegetation and meat would have been plentiful and without many winters and all that time the elite animals would mate producing larger and larger creatures. For example, humans used to have a much smaller average height only a few hundred years ago, I would be curious to see what another 1000 years brings.

An abundance of food is not a convincing argument. I think any mid-income person could afford more food than they'd ever want to eat but people still haven't grown as large as dinosaurs.

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...never mind.

 

[ForumMaster]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Gamma Rays. Why do you think Dinosaurs are always green in pictures? They've been Hulkified!

:laugh:

 

[TallBill]

Whoever wrote the program wanted them that big.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Originally posted by: needalife

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
God made them that way? Oh wait, God wasn't invented until about 2000 years ago. Nevermind...

Blasphemy!

Sweet, sweet blasphemy... Mmmmmmm...

 

[0roo0roo]

0^2++

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Golgatha

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: PingSpike

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: jandrews
Millions of years of evelution as well as a very large amount of abundant foodsources. I think the temperature of the planet in general was warmer in those times and the land masses were more connected. Vegetation and meat would have been plentiful and without many winters and all that time the elite animals would mate producing larger and larger creatures. For example, humans used to have a much smaller average height only a few hundred years ago, I would be curious to see what another 1000 years brings.

Well we already have 900 pound people being carried around on forklifts. Id say we are getting close!

Those individuals aren't genetically viable. They can't mate due to their penis disappearing in between fat layers.

Man that must be rough. Can you tell us what its like? :laugh:

If walruses can do it, then so can 900lb humans. The ladies have it easy though, just throw some flour on her and find the wet spot.

-1 billion points for the "ultra original" flour on wet spot.

got any titanic jokes?

 

[marie103]

alien?

shy you guys can coming out this idea?