Scientists Measure Body Temperature of Dinosaurs for the First Time

Scientists Measure Body Temperature of Dinosaurs for the First Time
Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:53:00 -0500

Were dinosaurs slow and lumbering, or quick and agile?

It depends largely on whether they were cold- or warm-blooded.

When dinosaurs were first discovered in the mid-19th century, paleontologists thought they were plodding beasts that relied on their environment to keep warm, like modern-day reptiles.

But research during the last few decades suggests that they were faster creatures, nimble like the velociraptors or T. rex depicted in the movie Jurassic ...

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