Dinosaur Profile: Diplodocus

Описание: Many sauropod dinosaurs grew big, this went long. A Dinosaur Profile on Diplodocus.

To find out where Dippy is: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/dippy...

The Dinosaur Collection book is available here: https://books.apple.com/gb/book/the-d...

UPDATED INFO:
In 2022 research refuted that diplodicid tails could break the sound barrier due to the flesh involved. You can find the research here: https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Here are some of the resourced I refer to if you are interested.
Ken Carpenter on how dinosaurs got big: https://www.dinosaursofgardenpark.org...
Reclassifying Seismosaurus as a Diplodocus, and shortening it: https://www.academia.edu/14586546/Tax...
Argument for making D. carnegii the type species: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Diplodocus’ neck should be up: https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/publis...
Diplodocus’ neck should be straight based on articulation, the inner ear, and the above paper is wrong: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Cartilage can really change things: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Sauropod blood circulation and breathing: http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/7/887

00:00 Intro
01:34 History, Discovery
03:26 History, Seismosaurus
05:35 History, Dippy
09:39 Size and feeding
11:10 Head
13:07 Neck, breathing, and posture
17:52 Blood circulation
19:44 Walking
20:11 Tail
22:16 Lifestyle
23:07 Skin & spines
23:46 Environment
25:24 Closing
25:39 Credits