New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling and optimization, by Peter Bishop. https://t.co/weWG4Y8lRK #dinosaurs
Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) 'sickle claws' through musculoskeletal modelling and optimization.
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The discussions primarily focus on the relevance and implications of the research, with participants citing phrases like 'high interest in dromaeosaurid adaptations' and acknowledging how the claws may have been used for grasping prey. The language used often suggests a blend of excitement and critical analysis, as evident in references to low force generation possibly supporting the grasping use of the claws, pointing to a thoughtful engagement with the publication's findings.
Overall, the discussions express a general support for the conclusions drawn from the research, with many users recognizing the significance of the findings.
There is a marked curiosity about the functions of dromaeosaurid sickle claws reflected in multiple posts, showing high relevance to those interested in dinosaur biology.
While some participants engage at a basic level, several delve into specifics about the biomechanics and implications of the findings, indicating moderate depth.
Many users perceive the research as influential in understanding the evolutionary aspects of predation in dromaeosaurids, emphasizing its significance.
Abstract in brief
- Dromaeosaurids, birdlike carnivorous dinosaurs, possess a unique sickle-shaped claw on their second toe, leading to various theories about its use, mainly related to predation.
- Musculoskeletal modeling was used to analyze the biomechanics of the claw and find optimal postures for maximizing force production at the claw tip, with crouched hindlimb positions providing the best results.
- The study concludes that while the claw's force was limited, it likely served a grasping function for holding prey smaller than the dromaeosaurids, although other potential uses with flexed hindlimbs remain possible.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyDromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
این مقاله جالب درباره شیوه استفاده از ناخن شکاری انگشت دوم پا در راپتورها تازه منتشرشده. https://t.co/PGbfSXtcXh
Testing the function of dromaeosaurid sickle claws: https://t.co/Gi2PUnxs5w #dinosaurs
Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある 要は脚一本分くらいの筋出力が斬るために乗るのよ
Artigo testando a possível função da garra retrátil dos dromeossaurídeos https://t.co/VVdTSn5kDS
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RT @kogane_dinodraw: @russia_sukosuko 参考: ヴェロキラプトルの爪が樹上生活用だったんでないか?という話 https://t.co/uyLDaEoDQY 押さえつけるのに便利だった可能性があるという話 https://t.co/mIwK6…
@russia_sukosuko 参考: ヴェロキラプトルの爪が樹上生活用だったんでないか?という話 https://t.co/uyLDaEoDQY 押さえつけるのに便利だった可能性があるという話 https://t.co/mIwK6C3xr1 生きたまま……のくだり https://t.co/HyDNpuw3OA
@ARGAtheropodfan https://t.co/0qmdmxxGtE A study that looked at sickle claw's function concluded that puncturing with crouched leg (like in FD) and RPR are both possible.
RT @Hiro_DinoPaleo: #デイナの恐竜図鑑 ドロマエオサウルス科の鉤爪の使い方については、複数の研究論文が出版されています(e.g. Bishop 2019 https://t.co/CI1nYyJXVZ)。
#デイナの恐竜図鑑 ドロマエオサウルス科の鉤爪の使い方については、複数の研究論文が出版されています(e.g. Bishop 2019 https://t.co/CI1nYyJXVZ)。
@RedScotGaming @OOCMesozoicLife Recent paper https://t.co/4Z6RGQM6EV
@Collinson_C @king_tyranno @adi_fatalis @LikesPterosaurs @dustydino Except this behavior has been called into question as the forces generated by the claws were fairly low. This further supports the hypothesis that the claws were used for grasping and subduing prey rather than kicking and slashing. https://t.co/JzjQDu2Ngv
RT @yriceratops: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある…
RT @yriceratops: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある…
RT @yriceratops: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある…
RT @yriceratops: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある…
Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/mXvLI7OOF3 @thePeerJさんから デイノニクスのシックルクロウの筋走行三次元モデル 膝関節と踵関節を跨いで大腿から降りて来てる物を繋ぎ合わせてある 要は脚一本分くらいの筋出力が斬るために乗るのよ
Y los enlaces a ambos trabajos aquí, claro: https://t.co/0AlSyOQGxN y https://t.co/lhapcDWNH0.
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @albertonykus: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid sickle claws: https://t.co/Gi2PUnxs5w #dinosaurs
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @albertonykus: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid sickle claws: https://t.co/Gi2PUnxs5w #dinosaurs
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @albertonykus: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid sickle claws: https://t.co/Gi2PUnxs5w #dinosaurs
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @hirolichyi10: #恐竜博2019 デイノニクス達ドロマエオサウルス科の鉤爪の機能についての論文が出ました! 私のデイノニクス記事と合わせてお読みください! Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/CI1nYyJq6…
RT @hirolichyi10: #恐竜博2019 デイノニクス達ドロマエオサウルス科の鉤爪の機能についての論文が出ました! 私のデイノニクス記事と合わせてお読みください! Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/CI1nYyJq6…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @Colecionadores2: Artigo testando a possível função da garra retrátil dos dromeossaurídeos https://t.co/VVdTSn5kDS
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/lndAWDsrEZ via @thePeerJ
Artigo testando a possível função da garra retrátil dos dromeossaurídeos https://t.co/VVdTSn5kDS
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @hirolichyi10: #恐竜博2019 デイノニクス達ドロマエオサウルス科の鉤爪の機能についての論文が出ました! 私のデイノニクス記事と合わせてお読みください! Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/CI1nYyJq6…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/EgVbIwlu99 via @thePeerJ
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
Que artigo completo! Dêem uma conferida quem curte dinos~ https://t.co/w2cypzlgXF #makesciencebr #trans #LGBTQs #dinossauros
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @Erfan_khosravi: این مقاله جالب درباره شیوه استفاده از ناخن شکاری انگشت دوم پا در راپتورها تازه منتشرشده. https://t.co/PGbfSXtcXh
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TomHoltzPaleo: Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
Dromaeosaurid sickle claws https://t.co/yc0V8C5j4q via @thePeerJ
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
این مقاله جالب درباره شیوه استفاده از ناخن شکاری انگشت دوم پا در راپتورها تازه منتشرشده. https://t.co/PGbfSXtcXh
Testing the function of dromaeosaurid sickle claws: https://t.co/Gi2PUnxs5w #dinosaurs
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @JohnRHutchinson: Congrats to #DAWNDINOS postdoc Peter Bishop for publishing his single-authored MS in @thePeerJ, on using optimal contr…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
RT @TetZoo: New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling a…
New in #PeerJ: Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling and optimization, by Peter Bishop. https://t.co/weWG4Y8lRK #dinosaurs
Testing the function of dromaeosaurid (Dinosauria, Theropoda) ‘sickle claws’ through musculoskeletal modelling and optimization https://t.co/0DMrjaIgNF
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