Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months 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)@sopuli.xyz to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-dinosaurs-have-horns-it-may-not-have-been-simply-for-defense-180984866/
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoDinosaurs probably didn’t look like that and had feathers and fur rather than lizardlike scaly skin.
minus-squareThe Assmanlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 months agoThere were dinosaurs with fur, feathers, and scales. We have examples of dinosaur scales preserved in mud.
minus-squareJackGreenEarth@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months 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.