Dinosaurs Grew Fast and Bred Young

Smivs writes "It is thought that dinosaurs were able to breed before they were fully grown, much like todays mammals. This ensured that they could breed before they were predated in the violent world of the Mesozoic era. Calcium-rich medullary bone, which, in birds, is used to produce egg shells, was found inside the fossilized shin-bones of two specimens: the meat-eating Allosaurus and the plant-eater Tenontosaurus.Sarah Werning and Andrew Lee of the University of California, Berkeley, deduced from growth rings inside the bone that the two females were aged eight and 10, very young for dinosaurs, which lived to about 30. 'This shows us beyond any doubt how fast dinosaurs grow,' said Kevin Padian, a professor at UC Berkeley's Museum of Palaeontology. 'They're growing as fast as big birds and big mammals.'"

Comments

To be young again...

[katterjohn]

and also a dinosaur

I detect a pattern

[themushroom]

> Dinosaurs Grew Fast and Bred Young

So do urban humans. Did dinosaurs have rap music too?

Re:I detect a pattern

[SpaceLifeForm]

Maybe, but Fred was into rock.

Re:Don't tell the religious

[jollyreaper]

The Bible doesn't say anything about age of consent. It is stupid people who can't see past their own culture who manufacture this crap up. You liberal pervert. Next you're going to say that the dinosaurs can procreate outside of wedlock. That just isn't right!