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10 Dinosaur facts you didn’t know!
- Dinosaurs lived on Earth for about 160 million years, 64 times longer than people have been around.
- Palaeontologists believe that birds are the only surviving dinosaurs.
- Most meat-eating dinosaurs had bones filled with air similar to that of birds.
- A lot of dinosaurs were usually human sized or smaller.
- Mary Anning, born in 1799, was one of the most famous fossil hunters of all times.
- The Stegosaurus had a body that was the size of a van, but its brain was the size of a walnut.
- Dinosaurs often swallowed large rocks that stayed in the stomach and helped them grind up food.
- Corythosaurus had a big, hollow crest connected to its nose which helped it make a loud blast of a noise.
- All dinosaurs can either be Ornithischia (bird-hipped) or Saurischia (lizard-hipped).
- A Spinosaurus can grow over 50 feet long and weigh 20 tonnes.
Here are a few more amazing facts about dinosaurs!