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The Thagomizer


TwiceHorn

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This is not particularly new, but I stumbled across it recently and found it quite amusing.

Paleontologists and other dino scientists refer to the spiky bone structure on the tail of the stegosaurus as the Thagomizer.

thagomizer.jpg

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/watch-out-for-that-thagomizer-98891562/

Speaking of which, where is @theropods

 

 

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On 3/13/2019 at 7:47 PM, TwiceHorn said:

This is not particularly new, but I stumbled across it recently and found it quite amusing.

Paleontologists and other dino scientists refer to the spiky bone structure on the tail of the stegosaurus as the Thagomizer.

thagomizer.jpg

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/watch-out-for-that-thagomizer-98891562/

Speaking of which, where is @theropods

 

 

 

If Pods were here, he might point out that the Thagomizer did not drag on the ground.  See pics:

20110520083313stegosaurus-carnegie.jpg

 

Stegosaurus-fossil.jpg

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