Fossilized Dung Reveals Clues About Dinosaurs' Diet
Clip: Season 48 Episode 21 | 3m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Where are you going to get protein if you're an herbivore?
Fossilized feces remains indicate that herbivorous dinosaurs living in the North may have eaten rotten wood—and the insects living in it—to survive winter.
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Fossilized Dung Reveals Clues About Dinosaurs' Diet
Clip: Season 48 Episode 21 | 3m 6sVideo has Closed Captions
Fossilized feces remains indicate that herbivorous dinosaurs living in the North may have eaten rotten wood—and the insects living in it—to survive winter.
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