If there were any doubts about whether Tyrannosaurus Rex was a hunter or a scavenger, the latest research carried out by scientists at the Zoological Society of London set things straight: T. Rex was no thief, it was one of the most ferocious hunters of its time.This conclusion is based on the results of a very thoro... |
26 January 2011
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The newest carnivore, known as Durrell's vontsira, or Salanoia durrelli, is a cat-sized mammal that has been identified very fast as being a new species, and its discoverers say that it is also one of the most threatened animals in the world.The little beast was found hiding in the Lac Alaotra wetlands in centra... |
12 October 2010
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These were the masters of Africa 110-million-year ago: two large theropode (carnivore) dinosaurs that grew up to 25 ft (7.6 m) long. The two new species described in the Acta Palaeontologica Polonica journal are Eocarcharia dinops ("fierce-eyed dawn shark"), a predator armed with huge, shark-like teeth, and Kryptop... |
15 February 2008
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1.The jaguar's closest relative is not the leopard, as you would have thought due to the spotted coat pattern, but the ...lion!A large European jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) roamed the European Mediterranean and temperate forests 1.5 Ma ago. This cat evolved into a lion and then into a jaguar. The direct anc... |
26 October 2007
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