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A Tenontosaurus eating a Deinonychus chick - possibly because there is no other food around, and possibly to gain nutrients the Tenontosaurus cannot gain from eating plants alone.
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I thought this concept was fairly out there, but apparently the European Woodcock has been observed carrying its young in its claws. Audubon claimed to observe the European Nightjar doing the same.
(Art by Ad Cameron)
Artwork by Insine: https://t.co/WqHYKG4oLX
Muraenosaurus
Lambeosaurus
Kentrosaurus
Amargasaurus
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A Sinosauropteryx grooming itself
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The fossilized skeletons of pterosaurs - which look quite different from any extant flying vertebrate - baffled many early palaeontologists. One early theory suggested that pterosaurs were flying marsupials.
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Tatankaceratops
“A thin plate of keratin covered by blood-bedewed skin with an intimidating or eventually attracting function. This ornament could biforcate itself at its peak to follow the path of the postorbital horns.”
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Guanlong wucaii
1. https://t.co/qa0x7ytFRT
2. https://t.co/CRIPBjc4Z1
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Pic 1: Iguanadon - on the left, a more traditional depiction, and on the right, a mammalian-inspired depiction with fleshy ears and lips covering its beak.
Pic 2: Mammalian-inspired Iguanadon mother defending her baby against a Baryonyx
Art by Frederik Spindler
A Stegosaurus with a tail that acts as a fake head. Predators that go for this fake head would not only cause the Stegosaurus less harm, they would also be in a prime position to be clubbed with the spiky thagomizer.
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