. Animals of the past. Paleontology. THE DINOSAURS 97 large, though rather short, body, very long neck and tail, and, for the size of the animal, a very small head. In fact, the head was so small and, in the case of Diplodocus, so poorly provided with teeth that it must have been quite a task, or a long- continued pleasure, according to the state of its di- gestive apparatus, for the animal to have eaten its daily meal. An elephant weighing 5 tons eats 100 pounds of hay and 25 pounds of grain for his day's ration ; but, as this food is in a comparatively con- centrated form, it would require a
. Animals of the past. Paleontology. THE DINOSAURS 97 large, though rather short, body, very long neck and tail, and, for the size of the animal, a very small head. In fact, the head was so small and, in the case of Diplodocus, so poorly provided with teeth that it must have been quite a task, or a long- continued pleasure, according to the state of its di- gestive apparatus, for the animal to have eaten its daily meal. An elephant weighing 5 tons eats 100 pounds of hay and 25 pounds of grain for his day's ration ; but, as this food is in a comparatively con- centrated form, it would require at least twice this weight of green fodder. It is a difficult matter to estimate the weight of a live Diplodocus or a Brontosaurus, but it. Fig. 20. — A Single Vertebra of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929. New York, McClure, Phillips & Co.
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