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April 19, 2016

Dino dinner, dead or alive
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 18, 2016
When asked to think of meat-eating dinosaurs we usually conjure images of voracious predators chasing down helpless prey. These visions are no doubt inspired by the depiction of species such as Tyrannosaurs rex and Velociraptor in the movie Jurassic Park; however, new research conducted at Trinity College Dublin suggests that many of these species might be better remembered as oversized, scaly or feathered hyenas. This is because Irish and Scottish researchers have now shown that scavenging would ... read more

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