That’s assuming it doesn’t lower its head to the ground like a cat
Which it would probably do because I don’t think it can pump stuff 10 meters high with its stomach
I dunno. Reverse peristalsis can be pretty quick and result in a pretty steady flow. I’d imagine they’d have to adapt to develop that regardless of how they’re going to expel things, similar how giraffes are able to chew their cud despite their long damn necks. Wouldn’t be projectile vomiting as we describe it though. In the end their entire neck is a pump.
Good point. However, the height difference between giraffes and Brachiosaurus is still quite significant. I am not well versed enough in the exact mechanics of this but maybe it won’t scale well. Additionally, the neck of Brachiosaurus was probably far more flexible than that of a giraffe due to the higher number of vertebrae so they may be able to lower their necks more easily which reduces the pressure to evolve powerful pumping mechanisms.
Or get on an old family rug first like a cat
As I recall there was a study of its neck bones that suggested the lowest it could tilt its neck was 6m above the ground or something.
Sounds inconvenient for drinking
My cat only throws up on my bed, preferably right beside my pillow, no floor involved.
Considering how much mass/volume could be in the stomach, it still be potentially lethal.
Now do the forces required to push all that vomit up to 14m
The forces vary depending on how fast you move it up. You might be thinking of energy not force, as in joules not newtons.
To elaborate, imagine you wanted you were playing air hockey, you have to hit the puck alot harder to move it fast than to move it slow even though both will reach the other side
Ok, now calculate the energy required to type that reply, nerd.
But seriously, fair point. I don’t know physics.
Mgh=50149.81=6867 joules
So about the same eneegy it takes to keep a 6 watt lightbulb on for 19 minutes
Edit: oops i see you meant reply, thats a tough one that i cant really answer on the toilet. But using the formula work= F*D and some simplifying assumptions you could do it yourself
(Work is the physics term for energy needed)
It must have had really, really long nerves. I wonder what the ping time from its brain to its legs was
Since nerves use electrical Signals: not counting the chemical reactions: Speed of light, if i’m not wrong
So practically no lag at all
Dinosaurs casually flexing on all other living beings with their neurons made of fiber optics
A dinosaur with such a long neck might also literally be flexing
Speed of light in cables and fiber optics is about 2/3 the speed of light in vacuum. If it has to jump some electrochemical synapses, it brings it down to much less than that.
Old Faceful
Why are there bones in an herbivore’s vomit?
I saw it more that the vomit is so destructive that it obliterates the dinosaurs below straight to their bones.
Highly acidic, chews right through soft matter in seconds. Would love that J.P. sequel
They eat bones occasionally to aid digestion or induce vomiting to clear their stomachs of indigestible material.
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Is there some rule of thumb that converts kinetic energy into impact force for fluids?
i’m not here to kink shame
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