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Why Did Dinosaurs Have Horns? Triceratops and its relatives may have evolved the structures for fighting, impressing mates, and more (th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com)
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-did-dinosaurs-have-horns-it-may-not-have-been-simply-for-defense-180984866/

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[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

Dinosaurs probably didn't look like that and had feathers and fur rather than lizardlike scaly skin.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago

There were dinosaurs with fur, feathers, and scales. We have examples of dinosaur scales preserved in mud.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Fair enough, there might well have been some scaly dinosaurs, but they weren't all scaly the way the image suggests.

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