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Published online 17 December 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news981217-5
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Warm winter dinosaurs
Large dinosaurs could have been active and nocturnal, even without a ‘warm-blooded’ physiology, according to a report in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Observations of large crocodiles in Australia, by Frank Seebacher and colleagues from the University of Brisbane, show that 1,000-kilogram crocodiles maintain stable, steady internal body temperatures much more easily than smaller crocodiles.
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