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New dragon-like dinosaur discovered

By T.K. Randall
September 3, 2010 · Comment icon 5 comments

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The new dinosaur was a powerfully built meat-eater with scythe-like claws on its hands for ripping apart its prey.
Named Balaur bondoc it would have lived 80 million years ago and is thought to have been the largest predator in the region at the time, it is also related to the more well known Velociraptor species of dinosaur.
The creature was a powerfully-built meat-eating dinosaur with scythe-like claws for ripping its prey apart. It used its lower limbs to disembowel its victims. Experts have named the seven-foot long dinosaur, which was discovered in Romania, Balaur bondoc, which means ''stocky dragon''.


Source: Telegraph | Comments (5)




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Comment icon #1 Posted by The Big Boss 14 years ago
And here I was thinking they were gonna have wings and horns. Them deceitful @#$%#%@!
Comment icon #2 Posted by lotsocats100 14 years ago
And here I was thinking they were gonna have wings and horns. Them deceitful @#$%#%@! I second that emotion.
Comment icon #3 Posted by AliveInDeath 14 years ago
I second that emotion. I third.
Comment icon #4 Posted by Lapras 14 years ago
so it wasnt like this? Ps. I fourth
Comment icon #5 Posted by :PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: 14 years ago
Apparently, the term "dragon" is to be used very loosely. I fifth!


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