London [UK], March 3 (ANI): New research led by scientists from the University of Bristol has revealed that the diets of early lizards and snakes, which lived alongside dinosaurs around 100 million years ago, were more varied and advanced than previously thought.
Paleontologists finally have their first good look at a dinosaur s butt
For the first time ever, scientists take a closer look at the dinosaur s cloaca that was used to expel waste and, potentially, attract a mate. Listen - 01:59
Here s a digital reconstruction of a Psittacosaurus dinosaur illustrating how the cloacal vent may have been used for signaling during courtship. Bob Nicholls/Paleocreations.com 2020
Paleontologists spend their entire academic careers studying the anatomy of dinosaurs. Now a team of scientists from the University of Bristol has finally described in detail a dinosaur s cloacal or vent, which is used for everything from defecation and urination to attracting a mate to breed with (or, less scientifically, a jack-of-all-trades butthole).
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The biggest megalodon tooth ever found was a staggering seven inches - roughly the same size as the average male human hand.
Despite the megalodon going extinct roughly three million years ago, thanks to a drop off in the food chain, scientists are still learning about one of the most feared creatures of the deep.
Researchers from the University of Bristol have now discovered the megalodon teeth grew so big as a result of the shark becoming so huge.
Scientists had thought that the teeth became so big thanks to a change in the shark s diet, but researchers now know that not to be the case.