--- Christophe wrote:
> Sorry to be picky, but dinosaurs were not reptiles. We even know now that
> they were not cold-blooded animals (but they were not warm-blooded either.
> From what we know, dinosaurs had a system which allowed their body to warm
> itself up when needed, without exterior source of warmth, but could also be
> switched off on demand - to save energy -).
Funny. I know that dinosaurs <> reptiles, but I've always thought that they
actually were warm-blooded.
> And we have no idea what kind of sounds those animals produced (to our
> knowledge, they could have as well sung all the songs of Frank Sinatra
> ;))) ).
As I said, I rather imagine them growling than singing. But I've never
particularly liked Sinatra (I even didn't know they spoke American English :) )
> But it's not implausible that the smaller dinosaurs had some ranges of sounds
> different from growling.
On what grounds?
> Are you too an amateur of Mongolian throat-singing? ;))))
Absolutely. It belongs to my favourites among vocal traditions (after Georgian
polyphony, I must add).
Jan
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