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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. badgers badgers... by wan-fu · · Score: -1, Redundant

    badger badger badger badger badger badger... mushroom! mushroom! (it _had_ to be said, karma be damned!)