woelkchen@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNew dinosaur is unlike anything we've ever found | Unique armoured dinosaur discovered in Moroccowww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12
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minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months ago thagomizer learned a new word today https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer the distinctive arrangement of spike-shaped osteoderms on the tails of some stegosaurian dinosaurs. These spikes are believed to have been a defensive measure against predators.
minus-squareKellenved@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 months agoYou can’t leave out that Gary Larson coined it in a Far Side comic
learned a new word today
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thagomizer
You can’t leave out that Gary Larson coined it in a Far Side comic