Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agoWhy Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and moreth-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1external-linkWhy Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and moreth-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.comBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-dinosaurs-have-horns-it-may-not-have-been-simply-for-defense-180984866/
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFair enough, there might well have been some scaly dinosaurs, but they weren’t all scaly the way the image suggests.
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Fair enough, there might well have been some scaly dinosaurs, but they weren’t all scaly the way the image suggests.