T.Rex and other Jurassic dinosaurs turned to cannibalism when food was scarce, according to new research.

An analysis of 2,368 bones from a dinosaur graveyard in Colorado has found about a third bore the bites of meat eating theropods.

The bulk of the damage left by the serrated edges of the beasts' razor sharp teeth were made by Allosaurus, a cousin of T Rex that was as big as a bus.

It was the most common theropod found in the quarry. The massive carnivore rivaled T Rex in size, growing up to 43 feet long and 16 feet tall.

Most of the gouge marks were found on the remains of plant eaters. But almost a fifth had been left by theropods like T Rex and Allosaurus - on other theropods.

And around half targeted less nutritious body parts - suggesting the action of scavengers. They would have arrived after the best bits had decomposed or been eaten by earlier carnivores.

Lead author Dr Stephanie Drumheller, of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said: "Big theropods like Allosaurus probably weren't particularly picky eaters, especially if their environments were already strapped for resources."

She added: "Scavenging and even cannibalism were definitely on the table." Tooth marks on fossil bones can be excellent evidence of ancient feeding habits. But those left by predatory dinosaurs are typically very rare.

The Mygatt-Moore Quarry dates back to the late Jurassic Period around 150 million years ago - and is an exception.

Dr Drumheller and colleagues found 29 percent of the bones had been bitten by dinosaurs.

She said: "Given the relative abundances of the carnovores, and the size of the bite marks. it likely preserves the first evidence of cannibalism in Allosaurus."

Her team suggest the unusual treasure trove is the result of an ancient environment where carcasses were buried slowly.

This would have provided ample time for scavengers to find them, reports the journal PLOS ONE.

Dr Drumheller said: "The high incidence of scavenging may be the result of a stressed ecosystem whose large predators suffered a scarcity of food."

She added: "Many of the presumed Allosaurus bite marks were found on the bones of other Allosaurus.

"These might represent rare evidence of dinosaur cannibalism, and the first such evidence for the behaviour in this famous Jurassic predator."

Allosaurus roamed the North American flood plains and slashed its prey to death. Like its more famous cousin, it ran on two legs.

Dr Drumheller said: "Among dinosaurs of ancient Colorado, scavenging and possibly cannibalism were responses to a resource-scarce environment."

Previous research has suggested T Rex was a cannibal. But it's unknown whether the dinosaurs fought to the death or simply scavenged T Rex corpses.

Many modern predators, including distant dinosaur relatives such as komodo dragons and crocodiles, are known for cannibalistic behaviour-particularly of their young.

Although the practice hasn't been well documented among dinosaurs, scientists think Majungatholus atopus, a 30-foot-long theropod, dined on its kin on the island of Madagascar 65 million years ago.

Source: https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/dinosaurs-turned-cannibalism-food-scarce-22096265

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Listen son, its been a dinosaur eat dinosaur outthere in the world right from ages and aint noting change.


If you dont hustle for yourself, this resources wont be enuff to go round to everybody. Sit ur arze up!

It’s dog eat dog theme on the streets

Hmmmmmm !

Oyinbo sha with this their illusional and imaginary animal. Gather here if you don't believe in the existence of both dinosaur and dragon.

Yoruba people say " fish, na him fish dey eat"

FlordFlorez:
Oyinbo sha with this their illusional and imaginary animal. Gather here if you don't believe in the existence of both dinosaur and dragon.

U don't believe these but u believe a talking snake,a talking donkey,and all the Animals in the world lived not more than 20 miles to Noah's ark..u are delusional.. Even with evidence been shown to u of the existence of these creatures.. But yet u dumbo religion asshole and ur tyrant on the throne Still can't prove that Noah's ark existed..or y Jesus was hanged amongst thef if he wasnt a thef too..or if Mary wasnt a bitch for carrying Another man's child and claiming it to be an imaginary holy spirit
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Tomiwa69:

U don't believe these but u believe a talking snake,a talking donkey,and all the Animals in the world lived not more than 20 miles to Noah's ark..u are delusional.. Even with evidence been shown to u of the existence of these creatures.. But yet u dumbo religion asshole and ur tyrant on the throne Still can't prove that Noah's ark existed..or y Jesus was hanged amongst thef if he wasnt a thef too..or if Mary wasnt a bitch for carrying Another man's child and claiming it to be an imaginary holy spirit
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confused atheist spotted! Everything you stated above happened few tens of thousand years ago. Apart from other known and glaring evidences of the existence of noah's ark, holy spirit, immaculate conception of Christ, virgin Mary, Jesus's crucifixion, etc, the Holy Bibles is the ultimate evidence we've got. You sounded more delusional and confused when you called Jesus Christ a thief, God on the throne a tyrant while you hail, asslick buhari and other Nigerian politicians that contributed to your miserable life. Bro, you need Jesus Christ in your life. Go to the nearest church/pastor/reverend father to confess your sins and freed of these satanic bandages/shackles before it's too late. Peace.....

FlordFlorez:
confused atheist spotted! Everything you stated above happened few tens of thousand years ago. Apart from other known and glaring evidences of the existence of noah's ark, holy spirit, immaculate conception of Christ, virgin Mary, Jesus's crucifixion, etc, the Holy Bibles is the ultimate evidence we've got. I sounded more delusional and confused when you called Jesus Christ a thief, God on the throne a tyrant while you hail, asslick buhari and other Nigerian politicians that contributed to your miserable life. Bro, you need Jesus Christ in your life. Go to the nearest church/pastor/reverend father to confess your sins and freed of these satanic bandages/shackles before it's too late. Peace.....

The bible that was written by heardsmen and farmers of ancient Times who had little or no idea bout the world or the universe in which they inhabited.. U must be really mentally derailed...imagine someone writing bout how he died...if u actually av read 60% of ur fairytale bible or Qur'an's. U will see how messed up religion is..but Unfortunately religion which was injested with fear binds u from asking critical Question that will Save u from it mental Slavery... Religion is Always allergic to evidence and curiosity.
PS:I am not an atheist.. I am a freethinker.. That is an advanced level for atheist know the Different

Cannibalism is as old as man. If you didn't notice, when the lockdown started,the whites were packing up essential goods and ikorodu boys were writing letters over here.
All these things happened in less than one month.

Just imagine six months down this road how it will degenerate

Not strange

Lol.... We already know that some dinosaurs were carnivorous, so cannibalism can't be ruled out of their lives.

Dinosaurs may have existed with humans, actually no one knows how long Adam and Eve lived in the garden of Eden before sinning

Ok

I I thought it was explorers thread

I don't believe all the stories about dinosaurs cos it is based purely on fossil record and scientific assumptions.

Nobody can claim to have any clear idea of how these dinosaurs lived back during those times cos humanity never even existed...

They don come again. Presenting assumptions as facts

But according to some people who would prefer not to believe because it contradicts with the stories they read in their story books,
THE FIRST CREATION WAS A MAN
HE WAS CREATED ABOUT 6000 YEARS AGO...

FlordFlorez:
confused atheist spotted! Everything you stated above happened few tens of thousand years ago. Apart from other known and glaring evidences of the existence of noah's ark, holy spirit, immaculate conception of Christ, virgin Mary, Jesus's crucifixion, etc, the Holy Bibles is the ultimate evidence we've got. I sounded more delusional and confused when you called Jesus Christ a thief, God on the throne a tyrant while you hail, asslick buhari and other Nigerian politicians that contributed to your miserable life. Bro, you need Jesus Christ in your life. Go to the nearest church/pastor/reverend father to confess your sins and freed of these satanic bandages/shackles before it's too late. Peace.....

I'm not an atheist but I'm very sure that you're the CONFUSED one.

I guess you also believed in the
-Noah's ark story
- Tower of babble
- And also how Satan took Jesus to mount Everest and showed him the WHOLE WORLD and ALL the riches in it....

Enough about dinosaurs please
We are not even sure if they ever existed


Mythical animals like dragons

This poster is always bringing up unfounded and cooked up history of million years ago based on so called scientific carbon dating shit. I don’t know why mods keep pushing unsubstantiated stories like this to front page. Is the earth even up to a million years?

These people been telling us shit based on estimation and assumptions

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bieber
wayne
khaled
vin diesel

Okay