Some dinosaurs dug underground tunnels
Science News reports that dinosaur fossils have been found in burrows.
"The find is the first indisputable evidence that some dinosaurs maintained an underground lifestyle for at least part of their lives."
The newly described dinosaur's 1.25-m-long tail accounted for most of the slim creature's estimated 2.1-m length. In adulthood, it would have stood knee-high to humans, says Varricchio. Broad flanges on the upper bones of the creature's forelimbs indicate where large muscles attached, he adds. Similar features, which provide increased leverage while digging, are found on the analogous bones in modern-day armadillos.(*The dinosaur does look a lot like Senator Craig.) LinkThe dinosaur's broad hips suggest that it could have braced itself in a wide stance* while burrowing. The foremost bones in its skull were fused, a characteristic that could have enabled the creature to dig more effectively.
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Burrowing dinosaurs may have been more common than paleontologists previously suspected, he suggests.
Indeed, perhaps they even survive to this day. Venturing to the surface to feed. Bwahahahaaaa.
Oh, Jeeze.
This story is going to give "SciFi" enough fodder for a whole trilogy of shabby TV Movies.
RAPTOR VII: The Burrowing
Speculation(s) concerning dinosaurs has always run via a high octane of hogwash.
Some paleontologists have attempted to reconstruct entire dinosaurs on the strength of one found meta-tarsil or a couple of inner ear bones.
I suppose such speculations are what's kept the entire scientific community happy and occupied since the middle of the 1800s.
Dinosaurs burrowed?
Yeah, OK...whatever.
Allison
They dug underground tunnels because digging those above-ground tunnels is such a pain in the ass.
I'm skeptical. First off, that "dinosaur" looks suspiciously like a sockpuppet.
Fake dinosaur voice: "Hi kids! I'm a dinosaur and I'm digging tunnels."
Dinosaurs are the best thing ever.
People who don't like dinosaurs are bad.
I like Dinosaurs.