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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Jul 28, 2015, 01:35 PM Jul 2015

DiscoveryNews

Just One Animal Today Has Teeth Like T. rex

T. rex and other big dinosaurs had teeth specialized for tearing through flesh and bone and only one living animal has similar tooth structure. Can you guess which?

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What Color Were Dinosaurs?

Movies often depict dinosaurs as being greenish brown -- is that based in fact?

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Just One Animal Today Has Teeth Like T. rex // Video: what color were dinos? (Original Post) Panich52 Jul 2015 OP

Komodo dragons are close to dinosaurs Gothmog Jul 2015 #1

Not really. They are just big lizards. Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2015 #2

If my parents had named me "Trace".... AlbertCat Jul 2015 #3

Colored pretty dinosaurs? Hal_____ Jul 2015 #4

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1. Komodo dragons are close to dinosaurs

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 03:09 PM

Jul 2015

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2. Not really. They are just big lizards.

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 03:48 PM

Jul 2015

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3. If my parents had named me "Trace"....

Tue Jul 28, 2015, 06:31 PM

Jul 2015

...I'd have to kill them.

And I for one find colorful feathered dinos MORE scary because you'd be going "Awwwwww..." and then it'd be like "Chomp!".

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4. Colored pretty dinosaurs?

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:34 AM

Jul 2015

Yes, weird. They were warm blooded though. So maybe they didn't look like lizards.