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A mummified brachylophosaurus…
…whose soft tissues have been at least partially preserved is undergoing extensive testing with medical imaging equipment, and giving up secrets that are 77 million years old.
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Yeah, it is exciting, isn’t it?
Pardoxdb3, I think there were plenty of scientists who couldn’t believe it either at first!
I never thought I’d hear myself say this…”Gee, I wish I could be in Malta.” That’s exciting. Dino and the dino diet, areas of broad speculation for which I look forward to seeing (or hearing about) some different evidence, not just more of what we already (think) we know.
Scrawney
77 million years old? Wow! That’s really hard to believe that soft tissue can survive that long, even if it is fossilized. It makes me think that this thing died and was burried extremely rapidly. I mean, if you leave a dead creature out in the wild, other creatures eat it, or it rotts. 77 million years old! Sounds a bit odd to me. But I’m just some guy. What do I know about death and decaying things!