Dinosaur Cannibal: Fossil Evidence Found in Africa

National Geographic News ^ | April 2nd, 2003 | John Roach

[Sabertooth]

Primitive, good for nothing barbarians.

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[Sabertooth]

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[b4its2late]

PETA won't like this.

[Sabertooth]

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[gov_bean_ counter]

Would that make it a DAUMERSAURUS?

[xJones]

What is surprising about this? For Pete's sake, a great many dinosaurs were carnivores as evidenced by their teeth and claws. Did these scientists think they raised Jurassic sheep and cows to dine on?

[Scarlet_Pimpernil]

So its settled. The dinosaurs were democrats.

[sauropod]

Hey, hey, HEY!

[SirChas]

Many of the fossils collected in Madagascar came from large bone beds, where in addition to Majungatholus, the researchers found frogs, turtles, and the remains of long-necked sauropods called titanosaurs that were also a staple in Majungatholus' diet.

I wonder if they found one of these!

[mewzilla]

Are there any carnivores out there, other than most humans, that won't eat their own kind? Especially if the carnivore is mainly a scavenger?

[mewzilla]

Gee, nice coprolite pic ya got there.

[Zavien Doombringer]

OH, SH_T!!! IS that Grandpa Munster in drag?!!!!

[Calpernia]

Now that is a tooth!

[Lee Heggy]

Astounding! I always thought dinosaurs ate hamburgers or lasagna...you know, something decent.

[Sabertooth]

Are there any carnivores out there, other than most humans, that won't eat their own kind?

Ahem.

[trebb]

Hard to believe that they figured out a hungry animal (even Man at times) will eat what it can to stay alive.

[Calpernia]

>>>"When you ponder how difficult it is to find conclusive evidence at modern-day crime scenes, it's pretty amazing for us to realize that we have such direct evidence for animal interactions that occurred over 65 million years ago,"

Maybe that is because paleontologist don't have to worry about being PC?

[scouse]

More than making the case for cannibalism, the evidence collected by Rogers and colleagues helps paint a picture of Majungatholus' life as a hard and stressful venture that caused it eat its own kind—not out of dietary preference but out of a bid to stay alive.

Not unlike paleonthologists who come up with stuff like this in a bid to get a few handouts to keep a job going.

[mewzilla]

Eeeeek! ...sorry...