It is a glorious Sunday and I am always looking for something informative or entertaining for my readers to give them a break from my serious political stuff…I hope I do a good job.

Makin’ Babies!

My mind has asked some probing questions like why are pill bottles orange or why are there sneakers on telephone wires or why is it called the ‘missionary’ position and you can bet there will be more to come.

From time to time I take a break from my daily chore of writing a blog post and put my feet up on my desk and do nothing for awhile….the other day I was watching a documentary about fossils found in the Gobi Desert….they found some juvenile dinos and a bunch of eggs….all fascinating stuff.

Then my brain kicked in and I asked my self….how did dinosaurs have sex?

I mean besides very carefully.

Think about it it….T. rex with those tiny ‘arms’ or the one that is armor plated with spikes or the one that is as big as several school buses….how did they manage?

Then my brain kicked in and this is what I learned.

Dinosaurs were on the planet for around 150 million years¹ until an extinction event occurred approximately 66 million years ago.² These beasts varied enormously in size and shape but, as they were around for so long, they were obviously pretty successful when it came to breeding. But how did they do it? 

Many male and female dinosaurs were quite tricky to tell apart and appeared to be roughly the same size³, so it wasn’t a question of a smaller participant mounting a larger one or vice versa. It’s only in recent years that scientists have managed to identify a few female dinosaur specimens at all, via a study of medullary bones that reduce in mass when eggs are created within the body.⁴

There are no fossil records of any dinosaur reproductive organs, let alone a fossilised version of two ancient creatures caught in the act of copulation. Both male and female reproductive parts are formed of soft tissues which perish over time. But scientists have made a few educated guesses by looking at the close relatives of dinosaurs.

Birds and crocodiles reproduce using an organ called the cloaca, an all-purpose opening used for urination, defecation, and reproduction. Most birds breed via an act rather queasily known as the ‘cloacal kiss’ where sperm passes from the cloaca of the male bird into the cloaca of the female as they press together, which leads to fertilisation. So our dinosaur pals may well have used a very similar method and didn’t possess or need external genitalia at all.

https://www.bbcearth.com/news/how-did-dinosaurs-have-sex

If that was not enough to satisfy your curiosity then maybe this link will help….

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220629-the-strange-search-for-dinosaur-genitals

Now that I satisfied my brain I can return to my normal or for what passes for normal for me.

Sue says I need to let somethings go when I question them….but I cannot I have the need to know…..and now you know as well.

Have a wonderful Sunday…..enjoy you time and as always….Be Well and Be Safe….

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