“We Couldn’t Believe How Weird It Was” – The World’s Strangest Dinosaur Just Got Weirder

Scitech Daily ^ | November 09, 2025 | University of Birmingham

[Wuli]

You can only imagine the kinds of attacks that dinosaur was subject to, that saw its evolutionary course equip it with all those spiky defenses.

[Deaf and Discerning]

Me, realizing I accidentally hit 'Reply All':

[Red Badger]

ANIMAL KINGDOM EQUIVALENT OF A FLORIDA SANDSPUR:

[G Larry]

ankylosaurs’ iconic tail weapons evolved much earlier....

OR, was part of the original creation of the ankylosaurs!!!

[ridesthemiles]

LOOKS LIKE AN EARLY ANCESTOR OF WHOOPIE GOLDBERG

[Seruzawa]

There have been maybe 3% of fossils discovered vs the number of animals that have existed in the past. Of course there will always be more surprises.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

so we might expect that a later species might have inherited similar features, but they haven’t

Well yeah - every time they tried to mate they stabbed each other to death.

[minnesota_bound]

With all that armor there was still another dino that would eat it.