I read an article about a croc this week.
A new prehistoric croc sporting an odd head "shield" has been found in Morocco, paleontologists say.
A piece of ShieldCroc's skull landed in Canada's musium in the early 2000s, but Holliday and colleagues have only recently studied the specimen and its odd headpiece.
It's difficult to determine what purpose the shield served when the animal lived, some 99 million years ago, Holliday noted.
But after rigorous evaluation of the fossil and studies of comparative behaviors with modern crocodilians, scientists suggest the shield may have helped ShieldCroc regulate its temperature and communicate with other ShieldCrocs.
I was surprised that the scientists have reserched about that deeply.The technology for the latest research is great.
Vocabrary
skull,noun:the bones of a person's or animal's head
remain
e.x) I like searching skull's history.
rigorous,adj:careful, thorough, and exact:
certain
e.x) The rigorous standards required by the college
resousse:http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/11/111103-daylight-savings-2011-time-savings-when-does-fall-back-nation/?source=hp_dl1_news_daylightsaving20111105
Most of scientists are supposed to devote their life to their study. I am acknowledged how wonderful human interests are by scientists from several field. People tend to consider about money, but scientists spend money for the study. The fossil croc born....If I found it, I wonder what I feel from the fossil...Anyway, thank you for sharing the article.
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