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Scientists Examine Dinosaur Skin
jd writes "Fossilized skin from a dinosaur in China is allowing paleontologists a better understanding of what dinosaur skin was like. A tear, caused by a predator, shows that below the scales of the Psittacosaurus was a thick hide comprised of 25 layers of collagen. Other than the multitude of layers, this is very similar in nature to modern shark skin. The gash caused by a predator allowed the skin and the soft interior to be fossilized along with the bones. This is not the same dinosaur that had been reported previously on Slashdot, which was found in South Dakota, although the process and extent of fossilization is very similar."
This is not the same dinosaur that had been reported previously on Slashdot
;-)
Somebody's a bit sensitive about dupes
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How was the flesh preserved, and not eaten by microbes? Suddenly covered by sediment seems like odd explanation.
If this was Trek, I would propose interference from tachyon particles as the culprit.
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Great, thanks! Cause every time someone jokes about creationism, God goes back to the Jurassic and kills a dinosaur!
You just got troll'd!
If only they'd built them with 26 layers!
You mean we can mount a frikking laser on them?
A tear, caused by a predator, shows that below the scales of the Psittacosaurus was a thick hide comprised of 25 layers of collagen.
It's like I always say, 25 layers of collagen just isn't enough if you can't outrun your predators.
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What do you think God was doing when dinosaurs are joking about creationism?
Right... and we're clever indeed...
Did they find the saddle that Jesus used to ride the dinosaur?
More interesting is a question how much earlier than europeans chinese began fossilizing their dinosaurs
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They'd better hide it because dinosaur skin is a well known remedy for bladder infections.
How wonderful to consider that this animal's descendants walk among us to this very day. Chubby, piggish little creatures. Omnivorous. Voracious. Almost invulnerable due to their incredibly tough skin. Scavenging when they must, picking off a vulnerable or unwary victim when they can.
We call them "lawyers".
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Mmm.. spicy Psittacosaurus rinds.
Well, thanks to the Internet, I'm now bored with sex.
Not surprising if you've ever been to a market in chinatown. They are very much into preserving animals of all kinds in as many ways as possible.
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Apato-burgers, you insensitive clod!
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No it's like saying I'm only days old.
10,585 days to be exact.
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