FOSSILS ET AL.
Dinosaurs With Iron-Coated Teeth?
Recent research suggests that some dinosaurs might have had iron-coated teeth, similar to modern Komodo dragons, enhancing their predatory capabilities.
Things have probably gotten too funny if you have ever played pretending to be dinosaurs with a little kid. Eventually, they all devise something silly, like robotic arms for poor T. rex or extended shields for Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus, as if they needed any extra features to appear scarier!
How about iron-coated teeth? Well, according to recent research, this could have been the case for some dinosaurs. But what do I mean by that?
This story takes us to something quite common in paleontology: studying living animals to understand the life, anatomy, and behavior of now-extinct creatures such as dinosaurs. And among all living creatures, nothing speaks prehistoric life quite like Komodo dragons do.
Komodo dragons, the largest living lizards on Earth, have long fascinated scientists and nature enthusiasts alike. These formidable predators…
