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The armor of this dinosaur was so durable that it could absorb the impact of a car driving nearly fifty kilometers an hour--but it’s far from the only crazy armored critter lurking in prehistory. This video explores the most extreme armored animals in prehistoric times, including the mummified nodosaur Borealopelta, the killer sharp-jawed placoderm Dunkleosteus, the armored titanosaur Alamosaurus, and more. The strength of ankylosaur armor is tested by cutting-edge biomechanical studies, and it turns out that Borealopelta was such a tough animal that it could survive getting hit by a car moving fifty kilometers an hour.
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The armor of this dinosaur was so durable that it could absorb the impact of a car driving nearly fifty kilometers an hour--but it’s far from the only crazy armored critter lurking in prehistory. This video explores the most extreme armored animals in prehistoric times, including the mummified nodosaur Borealopelta, the killer sharp-jawed placoderm Dunkleosteus, the armored titanosaur Alamosaurus, and more. The strength of ankylosaur armor is tested by cutting-edge biomechanical studies, and it turns out that Borealopelta was such a tough animal that it could survive getting hit by a car moving fifty kilometers an hour.
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![Paleontology News: Dinosaurs Sounded Like Birds! Advanced Dinosaur Larynx Discovered
A specimen of Pinacosaurus has revolutionized the way paleontologists think about how dinosaurs sounded and communicated. 3-D laser scanning revealed a complex, advanced larynx inside of the ankylosaurs hyobranchial apparatus, revealing that they were likely able to produce birdlike sounds. Since ankylosaurs are so distantly related to birds, this may mean that other dinosaurs, like T.rex and Spinosaurus, were able to do the same. This study lends credence to the idea that some dinosaurs were able to develop biological culture, as complex communication strategies would make it easier for individuals to cooperate and develop mutually-beneficial intraspecific relationships.
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