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Anatomically Strange Dinosaur Vacuumed Up Food

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the things-that-suck dept.

TaeKwonDood writes "A paleontologist has discovered a 110 million-year-old dinosaur that had a mouth that worked like a vacuum cleaner, hundreds of tiny teeth and nearly translucent skull." The creature's vertebrae also consisted of more air than bone, and CT scans of the head suggest it continually held its head low for food vacuuming. Low-hanging fruit, indeed.

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  1. did anyone actually RTFA?!?!?..... by insanius · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    how come no one has posted anything on the fact that this thing was given the name Nigersaurus?????
    if someone was making some stupid racist joke, it would be trivial, but this is the official scientific name for this beast, and that makes it hilarious.....
    quit being so PC people, with Dave Chappelle AWOL, we need to make light of racial issues on our own.