Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
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Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#2> "An alligator's body heat depends on its environment," said Kent Vliet, coordinator of laboratories at the University of Florida's Department of Biology. "Therefore, we noticed when it was cooler and the alligators are trying to warm up, our thermal imaging showed big hot spots in these holes in the roof of their skull, indicating a rise in temperature. Yet, later in the day when it's warmer, the holes appear dark, like they were turned off to keep cool.
T.Rex seem to have similar holes filled with blood vessels.
Fascinating.
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#3They studied alligators to arrive at their conclusion. It's pretty insane how long that group of animals have been on earth: the same basic design has been in play for 200 million years.
Compare that to your typical piece of software ;)
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#4Gotta keep a cool head, T.
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#5They studied alligators to arrive at their conclusion. It's pretty insane how long that group of animals have been on earth: the same basic design has been in play for 200 million years. Compare that to your typical piece of software ;)
oooh, as a software engineer, too low... too low...
In our defense we do not have hundreds of millions of years of test driven development. :P
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#6They studied alligators to arrive at their conclusion. It's pretty insane how long that group of animals have been on earth: the same basic design has been in play for 200 million years. Compare that to your typical piece of software ;)
So you’re saying their brain works in COBOL ? Don’t fix what’s not broken and all that
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#7> "An alligator's body heat depends on its environment," said Kent Vliet, coordinator of laboratories at the University of Florida's Department of Biology. "Therefore, we noticed when it was cooler and the alligators are trying to warm up, our thermal imaging showed big hot spots in these holes in the roof of their skull, indicating a rise in temperature. Yet, later in the day when it's warmer, the holes appear dark,…
I think I understand what's being said, but taken literally it seems backwards? Body temperature probably was not regulated by dumping heat when the ambient temperature was cold. In those conditions heat should be conserved. Rather, heat is dumped (as much as possible) when the ambient temperature is warm.
Also, alligators are not usually considered homeothermic.
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#8They studied alligators to arrive at their conclusion. It's pretty insane how long that group of animals have been on earth: the same basic design has been in play for 200 million years. Compare that to your typical piece of software ;)
oooh, as a software engineer, too low... too low... In our defense we do not have hundreds of millions of years of test driven development. :P
More like "let's just test in Prod"
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
oooh, as a software engineer, too low... too low... In our defense we do not have hundreds of millions of years of test driven development. :P
More like "let's just test in Prod"
That is life's way of doing it. Evolve, let natural selection take its course, rinse and repeat.
Re: Holes in T. rex's skull now thought to have regulated body temperature
#10They studied alligators to arrive at their conclusion. It's pretty insane how long that group of animals have been on earth: the same basic design has been in play for 200 million years. Compare that to your typical piece of software ;)
A lot of patterns and designs in software are about as old as the field is. Individual alligator don't get to live 200 million years.