I did not produce the artwork above. It's an absolute classic by the legendary Charles Knight, and it also graced the cover of one of Steven J. Gould's books, "Bully for Brontosaurus". It's lovely, but it also shows off an idea that has been roundly discredited for close to 40 years - the swamp-bound sauropod that needed water to support its weight.

Alas, the BBC is now "reporting" on a "study" that suggests that all large dinosaurs actually had to live in water. Except there isn't a real study. It's not in a paleo journal, and the non-scientist who wrote it didn't present any actual evidence for the idea. But that didn't stop BBC Radio 4 from doing an interview with him, which was then picked up and carried by several print news sources.

It gets worse; the BBC, referring to skepticism expressed for this clown's pseudo-published dataless idea was to invoke Galileo - the scientist who was opposed by non-scientists because his findings were considered heretical.

What The Hell.

If you want to learn more you can check it out on my blog: [link]

Hopefully reputable news outlets will stop publishing tripe so we can all get back to discussing dinosaur anatomy and art like I'd prefer.

Sigh...