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UNBELIEVABLE TRIVIA ABOUT DINOSAURS

Added on: 10th Aug 2016

 

 

THE SMALLEST DINOSAURS WERE THE SIZE OF

CHICKENS AND THEY ATE INSECTS

(ALBERTONYKUS BOREALIS)

The smallest dinosaurs were the size of chickens and they ate insects (Albertonykus borealis)

 

 

IF EARTH'S HISTORY WAS SHORTENED TO ONE

SINGLE DAY, LIFE WOULD HAVE APPEARED AT 4AM,

LAND PLANTS AT ABOUT 10:30PM, DINOSAURS

WOULD GO EXTINCT AT ABOUT 11:40PM, AND

HUMANS WOULD APPEAR AT ROUGHLY

1 MINUTE BEFORE MIDNIGHT

If Earth's history was a shortened to one single day, life would have appeared at 4am, land plants at about 10:30pm, dinosaurs would go extinct at about 11:40pm, and humans would appear at roughly 1 minute before midnight

 

 

MOST OF THE DINOSAURS IN JURASSIC PARK LIVED

DURING THE CRETACEOUS PERIOD (NOT THE JURASSIC)

Most of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park lived during the Cretaceous period (not the Jurassic)

 

 

THE WORD "DINOSAUR" COMES FROM OLD GREEK

AND MEANS "TERRIBLE LIZARD"

The word

 

 

NOBODY KNOWS HOW LONG DINOSAURS LIVED.

ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS, SOME SPECIES

MAY HAVE LIVED FOR UP TO 200 YEARS!

Nobody knows how long dinosaurs lived. According to scientists, some species may have lived for up to 200 years!

 

 

THE LARGEST DINOSAUR SKULLS WERE

AS LONG AS A CAR

The largest dinosaur skulls were as long as a car

 

 

MOST DINOSAUR SPECIES ARE KNOWN FROM JUST

A SINGLE BONE OR TOOTH

Most dinosaur species are known from just a single bone or tooth

 

 

IN SPITE OF THE COMMON BELIEF THAT ALL

DINOSAURS WERE MASSIVE, MOST WERE ACTUALLY

NO BIGGER THAN HUMANS. SCIENTISTS JUST

THINK THAT THE BIGGER BONES FOSSILIZED

MORE EASILY

In spite of the common belief that all dinosaurs were massive, most were actually no bigger than humans. Scientists just think that the bigger bones fossilized more easily

 

 

ALL DINOSAURS SPECIES LAID EGGS

All dinosaurs species laid eggs

 


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