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Largest Dinosaurs Ate Often, Exercised Little

dsc.discovery.com — Some dinosaurs were more than eight times the size of today's largest land animals due to an abundance of resources coupled with low energy expenditures, according to a new study published in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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  • inactive, on 07/07/2009, -1/+50Dinosaurs were american?
  • flip2trip, on 07/07/2009, -2/+35Hmmm, does this make me a dinosaur? ;P
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  • Sublex, on 07/07/2009, -4/+29Diggers would be T-Rexes, then.
  • inactive, on 07/07/2009, -0/+18"Ate Often, Exercised Little" Sounds like my Cat!
  • Boogalou007, on 07/07/2009, -2/+19Terrible article. Dinosaurs got just as much exercise as horses do today!

    The Creationist Museum clearly shows dinosaurs with saddles on them. Therefore Jesus and pals must have ridden dinos great distances spreading the word.

  • Nowheredan, on 07/08/2009, -0/+15_________________________________________________________
    Anyone who repeats the "So dinosaurs are Diggers?" or "Dinosaurs were Americans!" joke as though they were the first to think of it after that line should be shot.
  • Bagos1, on 07/07/2009, -2/+17This sounds like Congress....insatiable, bloated and lazy.
  • badqat, on 07/07/2009, -2/+15Dinosaur...or stereotypical American, I suppose... :)
  • CaptSnuffy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+13dugg for others' misfortune
  • keltin, on 07/07/2009, -2/+13...oh, and then man came along and screwed it all up... /s
  • blofeld9999, on 07/08/2009, -1/+11Ate often and exercised little - sounds like my ex-girlfriend.

    I wonder if these dinosaurs owned about 200 pairs of shoes, and liked to drink excessively while watching Lifetime movies.
  • RiotHeart, on 07/07/2009, -3/+11Replace Dinosaurs with Digg users
  • SQLDigger, on 07/07/2009, -0/+8And then replace "Largest" with "All"
  • lowdose, on 07/08/2009, -0/+6I went to Walmart yesterday...... I think I saw some dinosaurs......
  • rheaume, on 07/08/2009, -0/+4Sounds like a great name for a band

    American Dinosaur
  • babyheadout, on 07/08/2009, -1/+5....that's of course when they're not busy drifting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2IWxqvsSY8
  • TheFuzzyOne, on 07/08/2009, -3/+6Did anyone else file this under the "No ***** *****, of course!" directory?
  • inactive, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2More like brontosauruses.
  • thisthatwhat, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2Isn't this just stating the obvious? I could swear this was established before in another article as well.
  • theghoul, on 07/08/2009, -2/+4So they all died from morbid obesity?
  • Yage2006, on 07/08/2009, -1/+3Much like the largeassoraus that currently inhabits most of north america.
  • Genecalypse, on 07/08/2009, -2/+4I wish i was a dinosaur
  • copypastry, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2FYL
  • avshanbh, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2Sort of like most Americans
  • NiftyG, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2I guess the dinosaurs weren't smart enough to invent a dinosaur sized Bowflex.
  • Bagos1, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2It's a little known fact, but yes it's true. They dominated the world and then went extint. Evolutionary changes occured and after millions of years, they re-emerged as congressmen. They remain, however , dinosaurs.. /s
  • babyheadout, on 07/08/2009, -2/+3Daniel Tosh's bit about having sex with a pterodactyl because Daylight Savings was moved to 5 hours forward makes sense now.
  • TracerMan, on 07/08/2009, -3/+4Americans are dinosaurs!?
  • roddack, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1T-Rex say hi to Dromiceiomimus and Utahraptor for me!
  • MofS, on 08/13/2009, -3/+4Americans dinosaurs are?
  • twiztidsinz, on 07/08/2009, -3/+4..........so they were fat?
  • chessthecat, on 07/08/2009, -2/+3Until next month when they ate little and ran upwards of 60kph. We have no idea what these animals were like when they were alive.
  • SilverBlade2k, on 07/08/2009, -4/+5So...Americans are Dinosaurs?
  • paintmeprettyx, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1You cared enough to reply to the article....
  • ConfusedCartman, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1HEYYY!
  • ConfusedCartman, on 07/08/2009, -1/+2What good would it do to know your opinion on the matter?
  • AmnesiacJack, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1Daniel Tosh gives me faith in humanity.
  • voze, on 07/08/2009, -1/+2Not funny. Shutup.
  • TheInformer, on 07/08/2009, -0/+1Rosie O'Donnell and Al Gore: the last remaining dinosaurs.
  • AbyssNOLF, on 07/08/2009, -2/+2Wait! Don't shoot!
  • copypastry, on 07/08/2009, -3/+3And they had a really skinny gay dinosaur who helped them slim down with "Sweatin' to the Carboniferous"
  • richmomz, on 07/08/2009, -5/+5Holy *****! Dinos were Diggers!
  • gigigugit, on 07/08/2009, -0/+0I thought they were from Gondwanaland
  • alexkhj, on 07/18/2009, -0/+0Same in the case of large sized animals
  • emjaymj, on 07/08/2009, -1/+1No, I don't file Digg submissions
  • soez, on 07/08/2009, -2/+1Dinosaurs were American Diggers?
  • diggadigga, on 07/08/2009, -4/+3America equal dinosour?
  • pstroll, on 07/08/2009, -4/+3Americans be dinosaurs?
  • o5m4n, on 07/08/2009, -2/+1Because it was on the frontpage of my screen, and looked so pointless, i mean come on... what good would it be to know that large dinosaurs ate often and exercised little...?
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