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Deliberate Ingestion of Crustaceans by Hadrosaurs
Topic Started: Sep 21 2017, 07:28 PM (305 Views)
Acinonyx Jubatus
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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/21/552387800/shellfish-surprise-common-herbivore-dinosaur-found-to-dabble-in-crustaceans

So, they found these Hadrosaur Coprolites, and they're full of crab shells. And apparently the crabs were eaten on purpose as a dietary supplement or something.

What even
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It's not that unusual, especially if they scavenged them washed up on shore. Good calcium supplement.
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Not surprising, although how do hey know the copralites were hadrosaurian in origin?
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Sep 22 2017, 11:37 PM
Not surprising, although how do hey know the copralites were hadrosaurian in origin?
I think they're identical to other known hadrosaur coprolites or something.
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