If the Berlin specimens are correctly referred to _Brachiosaurus_ they indicate an animal somewhat exceeding _Diplodocus_ or _Brontosaurus_ in total bulk but distinguished by much longer fore limbs and an immensely long neck--a giraffe-like wader adapted to take refuge in deeper waters, more out of reach of the fierce carnivores of the land.[14] FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 11: The mounted Skeleton of Brontosaurus, by W.D.

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63-70, figs.

1-5.] [Footnote 12: Professor Williston makes the following criticism of this theory: "I cannot agree with this view--the animals _must_ have laid their eggs upon land--for the reason that reptile eggs cannot hatch in water.

S.W.W." But with deference to Williston's high authority I may note that there is no evidence that the Sauropoda were egg-laying reptiles.