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Giant Dinosaurs Were Fastest Growing Animals Ever

Posted by samzenpus on from the eat-your-vegetables dept.

sciencehabit writes "Lufengosaurus, a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur that lived in China during the Jurassic period, were the biggest animals of their age, measuring 30 feet long. Now, fossilized embryos reveal that they were also the fastest growing animals on record — 'faster than anything we have ever seen,' according to one researcher. What's more, researchers have found traces of organic matter in their bones, which may belong to the oldest fossil proteins ever found."

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  1. Re:Dinosaurs use protien based host files by KiloByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    cue the "my dinosaur is the fastest growing on earth: it grows 9 inches per second" jokes.

    Full length in a quarter second? Impressive!

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  2. Re:There was less junk DNA around back then by ericloewe · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yeah, because the limiting factor in cellular division is copying DNA.

    Protip: It's not.

  3. Re:There was less junk DNA around back then by tsa · · Score: 5, Informative

    When I was a student in the early 1990s I was introduced to the concept of 'junk' DNA. I didn't believe in it then, and now it turns out that scientists find more and more interesting information in 'junk' DNA that is necessary for an organism to grow and function.

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