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Who knew Dinosaurs were such flakes: dinosaurs had dandruff.
Yes, we identified small flakes of the outer layer of the skin from three feathered dinosaurs and a fossil bird from around 125 million years ago. We could see that the fossil cells were jam-packed with fibres of keratin, a tough protein we find in skin, nails and claws.
Dinosaurs Could Barely Use Their Tongues...So I guess french kissing was out of the question.
"Tongues are often overlooked. But, they offer key insights into the lifestyles of extinct animals," said lead author Zhiheng Li in a press statement.
CT scanned dinosaur skull could spur future scientific research.
The hospital's images were made to create the exhibition's interactive display, but they could spur future scientific research.
“We can see the internal structure, all of the nasal openings, the vein density, how everything is formed in there,” Jabo explained.
A paleontologist explains why bringing back dinosaurs is a really bad idea
First, bringing back T. rex and Triceratops would, I believe, simply be cruel. They lived during the end-Cretaceous period, some 70-66 million years ago, when the world was a much different place. It was considerably warmer, there were no ice caps, sea levels were high and the oceans lapped far onto the land, and the continents were in other positions. Dinosaurs would have breathed different air (there was much more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere then), eaten different food (grasses and flowers had just started to evolve, and there were none of the grasslands or vast flowering forests of today), and interacted with different animals (mammals were little more than ratty creatures scurrying in the shadows).
The ‘Jurassic World’ effect: How the dinosaur franchise’s overseas dominance signals a new era
But another figure has jumped out to tell a different tale: the film’s foreign box office.
“Fallen Kingdom’s” international numbers have been especially strong since the film opened in a number of territories two weeks ago and began widening since—$560 million strong. That puts it in the stratosphere of 2015’s “Jurassic World,” which crossed the $590 million mark after its second full weekend and then kept on going, all the way to $1 billion.
Could Humans and Dinosaurs Coexist? Here's the Science.
However, she says, “there is increasing evidence that proteins and other soft tissues can preserve over geological timescales, so I think it would be unwise to say that we will definitely never be able to get DNA from dinosaur fossils.”
Where to find dinosaurs in real life: U.S edition
Fortunately for us, we don’t have to visit a mythical far away tropical island to see dinosaurs, or evidence of them, anyway. There are plenty of places here in the U.S. to witness evidence of dinosaurs with our own two eyes.
Dinosaur Ridge hosts dinosaurs at Brontos & Brews Festival: This is our kind of party!
Dinosaur Ridge momentarily transformed back into the land before time, as tyrannosaurus rexes, iguanodons, triceratopses, velociraptors and at least one parasaurolophus took over the parking lot for a dance party.
As part of its attempt to create a world record for the most people dressed in dinosaur costumes, Dinosaur Ridge hosted about 45 people on June 16 channeling their inner Mesozoic Era-creatures during the Brontos & Brews Festival.
As part of its attempt to create a world record for the most people dressed in dinosaur costumes, Dinosaur Ridge hosted about 45 people on June 16 channeling their inner Mesozoic Era-creatures during the Brontos & Brews Festival.
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