A Clockwork Naturalist
Biologist-in-training, alien of letters.
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ScienceDaily (May 4, 2011) -
Scars on the jaw of a 120-million-year-old marine reptile suggest that life might not have been easy in the ancient polar oceans. The healed bite wounds were probably made by a member of the same species. Such injuries give important clues about the social behaviour of extinct sea creatures from the time of dinosaurs. [full story]
Ichthyosaur bite marks. A close-up of the ichthyosaur snout showing the healed wounds. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Jo Bain, South Australian Museum) -
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It was an Ichthyosaur eat Ichthyosaur world!
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