As we pronounce the name of the dinosaur, the images of large animals begin to form in our own mind. Today we will give you information about this big animal. Read Unknown and Surprising facts about Dinosaurs.
Unknown and Surprising facts about Dinosaurs
- DINOSAURS were wiped out by VOLCANOES that erupted in INDIA about 65million years ago.
- Researchers have calculated that DNA has a 521-year half-life span, which means the oldest clone-able samples of DNA could be no more than 2 million years old, ruling out any possibility of ever replicating dinosaurs, as the youngest dinosaurs were around more than 65 million years ago.
- Dinosaurs were reptiles that lived on Earth from about 230 million years ago to about 65 million years ago.
- A person who studies dinosaurs is known as a paleontologist.
- Dinosaurs lived on all the continents, including Antarctica.
- On the banks of Narmada river of Gujarat, in India the remains of dinosaurs have been found, it is almost 7 million years old.
- The extraordinary length of the dinosaurs’ reign can be difficult to comprehend. In fact, the gap between when Stegosaurus lived and when T. rex lived is greater than the gap between the latter and the present.
- The tail of the Dinosaur was 45 meters long. This long tail helped in making balance while running.
- Only 59% of U.S. adults know humans and dinosaurs did not coexist.
- Dinosaur skulls had large holes or “windows” that made their skulls lighter. Some of the largest skulls were as long as a car.
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- Many scientists believe that an asteroid hit the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico 65.5 million years ago and caused or contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs.
- The longest complete dinosaur is the 27 meters (89 feet) long Diplodocus, which was discovered in Wyoming, U.S.
- The first dinosaur to be formally named was the Megalosaurus, back in 1824.
- All dinosaurs laid eggs. About 40 kinds of dinosaur eggs have been discovered.
- A newborn human baby has a bigger brain than most adult dinosaurs had. Whales and dolphins have the biggest brains of all living animals.
- There’s a small town called Dinosaur, Colorado (USA). Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
- The smallest known dinosaur was about four inches (10 cm) tall and weighed less than a chihuahua.
- The word “Dinosaur” comes from the ancient Greek and means “terrible lizard”.
- The world’s oldest known “toilet” was used by dinosaurs 240 million years ago.
So, these are Unknown and Surprising facts about Dinosaurs.