Dino-bird Osteoarthritis

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Dino-bird Osteoarthritis

Submitted by geo_girl on Mon, 04/23/2012 - 02:07.

Pinching Johns Twitter here, but thought I'd share this story with those that don't use all the social networking sites;

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21428614.200-dinobird-had-oldest-known-case-of-osteoarthritis.html

Palaeopathology is coming along amazingly in terms of what we are now discovering. I'm also remembering the BBC Documentary about Big Al, where they discovered all sorts of injuries healed and otherwise and were able to piece together a pretty accurate (well as you can be when looking at Cretaceous material) view of what his life had been like. Theres a few bits on google about Big Al and the documentary is in parts available on YouTube. It's worth a watch for anyone interested in Dinosaurs.

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I remember that 'Big Al'

Tue, 04/24/2012 - 05:15

I remember that 'Big Al' Leah. It was quite well presented wasn't it?

John

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“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” - Will Durant

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I think it was presented

Tue, 04/24/2012 - 07:02

I think it was presented fantasticaly, I've got the BBC boxset of "Walking with Dinosaurs" and in that is the Big Al documentary in the walking with style and also a "behind the scenes" documentary look at the science behind the episode. Plus a lot fo the palaeontologists working on the material are highly respected within the dino community so that gets it even more thumbs up. If anyone is interested I'll see if I can find a stream of it and post it here

Leah

At first you Mafic I'm basicaly intrusive, but when you get to know me you'll realise I'm orthogneiss.