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Why sharks never get cavities - The surprising secret behind their perfect teeth
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (20+ words) Sharks" teeth are an incredible piece of evolutionary development that helps them never have to worry about visiting a dentist....
More than 80 dinosaur eggs aged 75 million years uncovered near Bozeman in Montana by a team of amateur paleontologists
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (577+ words) A sweep of wind over sagebrush and stone, a glint of curved texture in the dirt, and a weekend hike turned into a scientific headline. The quiet hills outside Bozeman hid a layered story, and a team of dedicated amateurs…...
Eerie clip catches anaconda popping its jaw back into place after a meal
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (593+ words) "The snake is realigning the jaw bones since the lower jaw is two separate pieces "" A clip of an anaconda readjusting its mouth after a meal is giving viewers equal parts science lesson and nightmare fuel." What starts as an…...
Slap You With Science! - Pokemon fossils in a museum?
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (20+ words) CBS News Slap You With Science! - Pokemon fossils in a museum?...
Tyrannosaurus Rex " Conesuala (alternate version in mono) (Music Video)
13+ hour, 57+ min ago (31+ words) Dork | Down With Boring Tyrannosaurus Rex " Conesuala (alternate version in mono) Tyrannosaurus Rex's music video for "Conesuala (alternate version in mono)"....
I went to the reptile expo and accidentally disgraced my pioneer forebears
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How a 1993 Theme Park Movie Is Still Doing More Damage to Dinosaur Science Than Any Meteor
6+ hour ago (847+ words) Sixty-six million years ago, a rock roughly the size of a small city slammed into the Earth and ended the age of dinosaurs. It was catastrophic, total, and final. Then, in the summer of 1993, Steven Spielberg did something arguably more…...
The Real Reason T. Rex Had Tiny Arms - Scientists Finally Have a Theory Worth Discussing
6+ hour, 20+ min ago (754+ words) Home " Wildlife " The Real Reason T. Rex Had Tiny Arms " Scientists Finally Have a Theory Worth Discussing Few things in paleontology spark more debate, more jokes, and more genuine bewilderment than T. rex's arms. They look almost absurd on an animal that…...
The mystery of T. rex's Little Arm has been answered, its head is the main weapon
7+ hour ago (517+ words) JAKARTA - The arms of Tyrannosaurus rex have often been the subject of jokes. Its body is gigantic, its jaws are terrifying, but its arms are so short. A new study says T. rex no longer relies on its arms to hunt....