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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. Re:Photo of dino by oliderid · · Score: 4, Interesting

    To see a drawing of this beast (Nigersaurus taqueti)
    http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=1065

  2. like a fish? by goatherder23 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've seen fish like Carp act like vacuum cleaners - maybe this dino grazed in water?