# Lightning And Sauropod Dinosaurs--How did they survive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-and-sauropod-dinosaurs-how-did-they-survive/1027694 "2026-02-15T22:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-and-sauropod-dinosaurs-how-did-they-survive/1027694/2 "2026-02-15T22:06:50Z")
There was a recent thread on this. It is short, but it’s there. > [@How would lightning have affected large sauropods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-lightning-have-affected-large-sauropods/1024108): > > This question popped up on my Facebook feed from someone, so I thought I’d give the Teeming Millions a chance to speculate. It’s likely that the reason human beings don’t get struck by lightning very often is that we’re not all that tall. Even so, it does happen on occasion. But what might it have done to massive dinosaurs? Is there any indication that they had an evolutionary adaptation that would make them less likely to be electrocuted (I mean the literal definition) by a strike? Did they h… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-and-sauropod-dinosaurs-how-did-they-survive/1027694)._