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Plesiosaur gastroliths from Tropic Shale. A gastrolith, also called a stomach stone or gizzard stone, is a rock held inside a gastrointestinal tract. Gastroliths in some species are retained in the muscular gizzard and used to grind food in animals lacking suitable grinding teeth. In other species the rocks are ingested and pass through the ...
A bird swallows small bits of gravel that act as 'teeth' in the gizzard, breaking down hard food such as seeds and thus helping digestion. [4] These stones are called gizzard stones or gastroliths and usually become round and smooth from the polishing action in the animal's stomach. When too smooth to do their required work, they may be ...
A large coprolite of a carnivorous dinosaur found in Harding County, South Dakota, US A large Miocene coprolite from South Carolina, US Coprolites found on the Blahnita riverbed, Romania, showing a seed inclusion (right specimen) A large coprolite from South Carolina, US Age: White River Oligocene; Location: Northwest Nebraska; Dimensions: Varies (25 mm × 20 mm); Weight: 8-10 g; Features ...
The probable food source of plesiosaurs varied depending on whether they belonged to the long-necked "plesiosauromorph" forms or the short-necked "pliosauromorph" species. The extremely long necks of "plesiosauromorphs" have caused speculation as to their function from the very moment their special build became apparent.
The '90s were an explosion of technicolor, from clothing, to TV, to food. That era led to things like Lisa Frank designs , Heinz’ purple ketchup , and so much more. u/damagedgoodz99824 via ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lowered a raw Thanksgiving turkey into a bubbling pot of cooking fat in a video posted to social media last November. "This is how we cook the MAHA way," said Kennedy, who ...
This would have made food scarcer for Paraceratherium, and as their numbers dwindled, they would have become more vulnerable to other threats. [52] Prothero has pointed out that gomphotheres are not known to have generally coexisted with paraceratheres, and there are no known co-occurrences between paraceratheres and the large deinotheres ...
Image credits: DoctorKynes #8. TIL in 2010 a doctor and his son just happened to be walking by an apartment building in Paris when a 15-month-old boy fell 80ft (24m) from a seventh floor balcony ...