Dino-Sore Throat — First Evidence Of Dinosaur Respiratory Infection Found In A 150 Million Year Old Fossil Called ‘Dolly’ (Extinct from COVID-BC?)

Forbes ^ | 2/10/22 | Robert Hart

[C210N]

A long-necked dinosaur that roamed present-day Montana 150 million years ago likely suffered from a respiratory infection, according to a study published in Scientific Reports on Thursday, the first evidence of a respiratory infection in dinosaurs which experts believe could have caused flu-like symptoms including coughing and fever

[larrytown]

But....but...SCIENCE!

[SoCal Pubbie]

Cretaceousvirus 19. They didn’t wear masks so…

[Getready]

“First evidence” as in title should be “possible” evidence. I don’t think there is a known non respiratory dinosaur skeleton we can compare Dolly with. Detailed contemporaneous autopsy reports on dead dinosaurs are very rare, if not impossible.

[JimRed]

I'm no expert myself but weren't dinosaurs cold blooded?

Some evidence I read about somewhere seemed to indicate that they were warm blooded, not reptiles at all. But another search revealed the theory that they were cooler than warm but warmer than cool!

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/were-dinosaurs-warm-or-cold-blooded-more-like-lukewarm-scientists-say/#:~:text=Dinosaurs%20may%20not%20have%20been%20cold-blooded%20like%20modern,kind%20of%20in-between%20that%27s%20rare%20nowadays%2C%20researchers%20say.>

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C210N.

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[mass55th]

"Gotta send this story to Gary Larsen."

He already did a cartoon on why dinosaurs went extinct. He drew them all smoking cigarettes.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It is never lupus.

[C210N]

Yes, that was a classic.

Just that this is a new angle for him to draw.