IOL: Dung shows dinosaurs grazed on grass
Dinosaurs ate grass as far back as 65 million years ago, some petrified shit announced last week. Prior to that discovery, scientists figured grass didn’t show up on Earth until 55 million years ago.
“This is food for thought, so to speak,” researcher Caroline Stroemberg of the Swedish Museum of Natural History told AFP.
What a card that Caroline Stroemberg is! Seriously though, what is the significance of the 10-million-year discrepancy?
“We’ve always believed that Earth was grass-free at the time of the dinosaurs. This has always fascinated people because grass is such an important part of our ecosystem. Now we’ll have to rethink a lot of things,” Stroemberg said.
Seriously. Tell us what is so important about the dung.
The evidence of early grass also suggested that the early mammals with teeth adapted to chew grassy matter could have lived alongside the dinosaurs, according to the researchers. [sic]
Holy hell I thought this was going to be interesting. Sorry. It’s not a total loss, though. At least I posted something about dinaosaur dung. A SinPies.com milestone!
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