Blaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 13 days agoWhy Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and moreth-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.comimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up123arrow-down1imageWhy Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and moreth-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.comBlaze (he/him) to [email protected]English • 13 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-dinosaurs-have-horns-it-may-not-have-been-simply-for-defense-180984866/
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglish2•13 days agoDinosaurs probably didn’t look like that and had feathers and fur rather than lizardlike scaly skin.
minus-squareThe Assmanlink7•13 days agoThere were dinosaurs with fur, feathers, and scales. We have examples of dinosaur scales preserved in mud.
minus-squareJackGreenEarthlinkfedilinkEnglish1•12 days agoFair enough, there might well have been some scaly dinosaurs, but they weren’t all scaly the way the image suggests.
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Dinosaurs probably didn’t look like that and had feathers and fur rather than lizardlike scaly skin.
There were dinosaurs with fur, feathers, and scales. We have examples of dinosaur scales preserved in mud.
Fair enough, there might well have been some scaly dinosaurs, but they weren’t all scaly the way the image suggests.