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Mammals Preyed on Dinosaurs?

Posted by michael on from the tastes-like-chicken dept.

Anonymous Howard writes "Nature is just one of many sites reporting that 130 million-year-old fossils unearthed in China suggest that contrary to conventional wisdom, some early mammals were large enough to prey on dinosaurs. Evidence? How about the fossil of a large badger-like animal with the bones of an entire baby dino in its gut?"

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  1. Hmm by RaboKrabekian · · Score: 1, Funny

    Badgers?! We don't need no stinking badgers!

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  2. Re:Blurb a little misleading... by g0dsp33d · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I suppose the time period's version of the darwin awards would kick in for the ones that snuck up and bit a T-Rex.

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  3. dinosaurs last words: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    I for one welcome our new giant badger mammal overlords.

  4. Re:Blurb a little misleading... by pilgrim23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The true question here is: If a Mammal eats a Chinese dinosaur, an hour later is he hungry again?

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