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minus-squareBut_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30arrow-down1·11 days agoFossils are more than just bone in many cases, and study of bones can reveal what they were. Example is that T. rex had lips. How would they know that? By looking at the teeth and how they wear down compared to other animals like alligators, etc.
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·11 days agoYou can also see where the lip muscles attach to the jaw. The memes that our current Dino images are wrong are very outdated. Our images are probably surprisingly close to reality.
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoWhy don’t you want us to have weird dinosaurs?
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoThere are plenty of weird dinos. Just as there are plenty bonkers contemporary animals. Nature is wild :D
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 days ago Example is that T. rex had lips.
Fossils are more than just bone in many cases, and study of bones can reveal what they were. Example is that T. rex had lips. How would they know that? By looking at the teeth and how they wear down compared to other animals like alligators, etc.
You can also see where the lip muscles attach to the jaw.
The memes that our current Dino images are wrong are very outdated. Our images are probably surprisingly close to reality.
Why don’t you want us to have weird dinosaurs?
There are plenty of weird dinos. Just as there are plenty bonkers contemporary animals. Nature is wild :D