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> long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur, potentially the largest ever unearthed. I know the sauropods were mostly vegetarian but I can't help
by danans 6y ago
> long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur, potentially the largest ever unearthed.
I know the sauropods were mostly vegetarian but I can't help but figure that an animal of that size must have inadvertently swallowed a fair number of smaller animals.
- scarmig 6y agoEven sheep eat small animals (insects) on accident all the time.
- srpm 6y agoA lot of herbivores are 'opportunistic carnivores'. Deer and cows sometimes eat small birds or rodents if they can catch them. Seems they're just not really equipped to hunt. But they aren't actually vegetarian as we like to think they are.
- Evenjos 6y agoDid scientists ever figure out how sauropods ate enough to support their mass, with their tiny mouths?
- albertgoeswoof 6y agoNibbling
- thehappypm 6y agoCold-blooded animals need a lot less energy, for one.