Poisonous dinosaur
March 28th 2010 03:31
You might remember the movie Jurassic Park, where Dilophosaurus was depicted as spitting a poisonous black goo onto its prey. There was no evidence that this genus actually had such a capacity; it was added into the movie as an interesting possibility. Now, it appears that at least one dinosaur did use poison.
Sinornithosaurus, which lived in what is now China, exhibits fang like teeth similar to those of snakes, with grooves in them that might have channelled poison. Researchers also say that Sinornithosaurs had a pocket in the upper jaw that might have housed the poison
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Sinornithosaurus, which lived in what is now China, exhibits fang like teeth similar to those of snakes, with grooves in them that might have channelled poison. Researchers also say that Sinornithosaurs had a pocket in the upper jaw that might have housed the poison
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