Thursday, January 19, 2006
Hynerpetons were once approximately the size of sofas . . .
About as active, too. They were amphibians and, at that point in their evolution, they hadn't yet developed lungs. They couldn't breath actively (i.e. in and out), so they just sort of stood around on shore with their mouths wide open, absorbing oygen.
I am no expert, though, so it's possible that the point at which they were sofa-sized and the point at which they hadn't yet developed lungs were not one and the same. Put another way, they may not have gotten that big until they learned to breath right. I can't speak for them, and they can't speak. I just prefer to think of them as big and inert. It seems funnier that way.
I am no expert, though, so it's possible that the point at which they were sofa-sized and the point at which they hadn't yet developed lungs were not one and the same. Put another way, they may not have gotten that big until they learned to breath right. I can't speak for them, and they can't speak. I just prefer to think of them as big and inert. It seems funnier that way.
Hynerpetons can't speak . . . yet
"[this is the sound of passive breathing]"
I find it calming.
