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| Tango01 | 20 Nov 2017 9:47 p.m. PST |
… using multiple types of camouflage. "By reconstructing the likely colour patterning of the Chinese dinosaur Sinosauropteryx, researchers have shown that it had multiple types of camouflage which likely helped it to avoid being eaten in a world full of larger meat-eating dinosaurs, including relatives of the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex, as well as potentially allowing it to sneak up more easily on its own prey. Fiann Smithwick from the University's School of Earth Sciences led the work, which has been published today in the journal Current Biology. He said: "Far from all being the lumbering prehistoric grey beasts of past children's books, at least some dinosaurs showed sophisticated colour patterns to hide from and confuse predators, just like today's animals…"
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