Oh I'm Hungry by vitachick
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http://dinosaurs.about.com/od/dinosaurbasics/a/stegofacts.htm
1. Stegosaurus had a brain the size of a walnut.
2. No one knows why Stegosaurus had plates
Did Stegosaurus evolve its thin, tough, roughly triangular plates as a form of defense against larger predators? Were they a sexually selected characteristic, meaning males with bigger plates had a better chance of mating with females? Or could they have been used to regulate this dinosaur's body temperature? It's still a mystery.
3.. Stegosaurus supplemented its diet with rocks.
Like many herbivorous dinosaurs, Stegosaurus swallowed small rocks (known as gastroliths) that helped mash the tough vegetable matter in its enormous stomach. Of course, it's also possible that Stegosaurus swallowed rocks because it had a brain the size of walnut; who knows?
Comments (9)
renecyberdoc
when i see some people shuffling in whatever food then i think also that they have only walnut brains hehehehe. ever hear a dino fart??hohoho,thats more like an earthquake ,i dont know why you inspire me to write about farts lol im silly sorry muahahahah rofl.
Faemike55
Great looking image and good questions Excellent work
UteBigSmile
Another wonderful looking scene you made here Vita, we had just our evening diner! Have a nice Sunday evening, hug’s Ute
Rhanagaz
Great and well done scene! It is possible that the triangular plates was used to all three purposes (not at the same time of course). ;o)
alessimarco
Fantastic prehistoric scene and info! I am still going to avoid swallowing rocks however! :)
Cimaira
Wonderful scene, great poses. Excellent info, I didn't know most of that.
missblue
Great work !
willpee
Gee I wonder if that is what striped my trees out back ! great job and history !
MNArtist
Great scene! Love how you incorporated the plants in the foreground.