I have to disagree with you here. I have invoked Thermodynamics as a mechanism (2nd law) which would destroy the collagen. It is not an unknown mechanism.
I'm not clear what you're getting at. Do you suggest that something other than collagen is more thermodynamically stable, and that collegen should have turned into whatever-it-is by now?
Show your working: in particular, calculate how long it would take.
If you just say "Thermodynamics" as an explanation, you're not really providing an
mechanism any more than if someone gave the answer "Biochemistry" to explain why the collagen should have been preserved.
Are you telling me crocodiles fly ?
No. If you are claiming that tales of flying dragons are evidence of living (non-avian) dinosaurs, are
you telling
me that
dinosaurs could fly?
This could be fun, you want me to start the thread or you will ?
You're the one with the claims, if you'd like to start the thread I'll be happy to join in.
If you wish, you could ask the moderators for it to be a debate specifically with me, or you could throw it open to all comers.
Edited by Dr Adequate, : No reason given.