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Ankylosaurs Had Composite Armor
An anonymous reader writes "Ankylosaurs were the most heavily armored dinosaurs. Researchers thought their protective plates were a lot like modern crocodiles. But a new study by a University of Bonn grad student Torsten Scheyer found that fibers in the plates were woven for strength and lightness much like Kevlar or fiberglass. Good thing, as ankylosaurs had to contend with T. rex."
Shame on all of us really, for hunting these creatures to near extinction, like the dinosaurs.
Hey, man, it was them or us. After you lose half your family to an iguanadon or an iridescent butterfly, you'll quickly ditch your sentimental way of thinking.
Don't blame me, I voted for Durga.
It worked for Bill Gates.
Hay-ooo!