Yeah, it needs more JPEG.

30%: underpaid

40%: immorally underpaid

50%; criminally underpaid

100%: Les Miserables

Thanks for adding perspective on this. I agree that it’s a much more diverse situation than just giant lizards running around. To add to this, I think it’s also likely that other theroppds were also warm-blooded in addition to T. Rex.

Oh, you’re no fun anymore.

In all seriousness, thanks for bringing up that concept. On the surface, we generally group animals into endotherms and exotherms, but the reality is much more diverse, as you pointed out. Certain species of Tuna do make it into the category of endotherm because they generate enough heat internally to make a significant difference, however their body temperature is still largely variable depending on the surrounding environment making them also poikilotherms. Whereas mammals and birds are generally endotherms and homeotherms. I’m skipping over the concepts of hibernation and torpor in our bear and hummingbird friends, respectively, because that’s a whole other can of worms. In conclusion, I believe T. Rex, and many other dinosaurs, were both endotherms and homeotherms.

You’re not spreading misinformation. You stated your thesis based on your assumptions. You tested it, and then shared your results. I really appreciate that.

You okay, Gulf Coast?

Woke up and chose violence this morning, so here goes:

Akshully, the Jurassic Park creatures are not reptiles for a number of reasons.

1. Reptile is paraphyletic and arbitrarily groups species regardless of their lineage.

2. T. Rex was likely warmblooded as its descendants are.

3. The creatures are not entirely dinosaurs. They’re hybrids of dinosaurs, and modern animals that the Jurassic Park scientists believed were most similar genetically.

Anyway, thanks for commenting, and I hope I’ve conveyed an appreciative and respectful tone. I sincerely just like sharing, learning, and discussing things.

Also, fight me.

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Awww. Cute little friend just needs some belly rubs.

This does explain the rise of drag llamas.

Maybe. Further study is definitely needed.

Yeah, as long as it’s bloodborn.

I think vampirism being a bloodborn pathogen is the consensus.

“Do my job for me?”

“No.”

I think you’d have to at least have an open wound and come into contact with fresh blood since it’s a bloodborn pathogen.

Yeah, I think that’s how reservoirs work, but I’m not a public health expert.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_reservoir

It’s important to have a scarier, if less dangerous, boogie man when one endeavors to do terrible things to otherwise rational people.

Because we didn’t know what was going on. Reagan paved the way for Trump, and it goes back even further. This has been several decades in the making. Sorry if I’m preaching to the choir here. Thanks for entertaining my rant.