Did dinosaurs vomit?

The first case of dino vomit may have been discovered in the form of a single fossil 'blob' containing the partial remains of four small, slightly digested birds bundled together. A team of Spanish palaeontologists headed by José Sanz from the Unidad de Paleontología in Madrid reported their findings in Nature.
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Can a brachiosaurus vomit?

According to this wonderful figure, impact force of projectile Brachiosaurus vomit is then roughly equivalent to bite force of T. rex.
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What is fossilized vomit called?

First things first, let's address the nature of the vomity fossil. The technical term is “gastric pellet.” Gastric pellets are composed of indigestible bones and tissue regurgitated by an animal (typically a predator). Owl pellets are probably the best known example, but a number of other animals produce them.
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How much force did Brachiosaurus vomit?

The answer to the question posed by the headline is about 68,000 Newtons per hurl, assuming 110 pounds of vomit projected from a 45ft height onto packed sand below.
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Did dinosaurs have pellets?

Picture yourself in the Early Cretaceous Period.
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How many stomachs did dinosaurs have?

The gizzard is more like the one stomach we have, with digestive acids and such. Birds are incredibly closely related to dinosaurs, so I don't see why dinosaurs, including the predatory ones, have 2 stomachs as well.
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Are pterodactyls still alive 2022?

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Other than birds, however, there is no scientific evidence that any dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Apatosaurus, Stegosaurus, or Triceratops, are still alive. These, and all other non-avian dinosaurs became extinct at least 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
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Can giraffes vomit?

In a giraffe, it would come out of the fourth stomach and it would sort of bypass the third stomach, and go into the first and second. It's extremely rare for the vomit then to go any further than that. So, in a sense, yes, giraffes can vomit, but it's very, very rare that it actually comes out of the mouth.
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Can poop be a fossil?

Coprolites are the fossilised faeces of animals that lived millions of years ago. They are trace fossils, meaning not of the animal's actual body. A coprolite like this can give scientists clues about an animal's diet.
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Why is my puke dark green?

your vomit is green (this could mean you are bringing up a fluid called bile, which suggests you may have a blockage in your bowel – see below) you have signs of severe dehydration, such as confusion, a rapid heartbeat, sunken eyes and passing little or no urine. you've lost a lot of weight since you became ill.
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How old is the oldest poop?

Dated at about 50,000 years old, based on the layer in which it was found, this is the oldest human excrement ever identified. Ms Sistiaga said her samples easily pre-date other fossilised faeces, belonging to modern humans (Homo sapiens) and found in Egyptian mummies and ancient Greek latrines.
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Is it possible to poop a bone?

Bones are more likely to be preserved than soft tissues (or feces), and yet fossils of bones are still pretty hard to find. The 14 coprolites in this study were found at a fossil site in central California where we find lots of bones from bone-crushing dog species Borophagus parvus, so that's most likely who made them.
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What is dinosaur poop worth?

A pile of dinosaur dung 130 million years old sold at a New York auction for nearly $1,000. The prehistoric deposit fetched $960 at Wednesday's auction, said a spokeswoman for Bonhams New York. Its pre-auction estimate was $450.
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Can rats throw up?

Vomiting isn't universal in the animal kingdom, however. Rodents can't vomit at all. That's right: Squirrels, mice, rats, gophers, beavers and all other rodents are incapable of throwing up.
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Can frogs throw up?

Frogs. Many species of frogs will vomit out their own stomach. They gain this ability once reaching maturity, allowing them to expel toxins they may have eaten.
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Why can't horses throw up?

Horses cannot throw up because their body is not designed so that food can go the opposite direction. Their food can only go down, not up. For example, horses have muscles that make it absolutely impossible to open the valve that makes it possible to throw up.
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Is dinosaur coming back?

The answer is YES. In fact they will return to the face of the earth in 2050. We found a pregnant T. rex fossil and had DNA in it this is rare and this helps scientists take a step closer of animal cloning a Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaurs.
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Are dinosaurs coming back in 2050?

The Adam Smith Institute, a British think tank, has released a new report predicting what life will be like in 2050. According to the report: "Several species of dinosaur will be recreated, making their appearance on Earth for the first time in 66 million years.
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Do dinosaurs still exist in the ocean?

For millions of years, reptiles dominated the Earth. Many that dwelled on land were dinosaurs. But no dinos swam in the seas.
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Did T Rex swallow stones?

For a long time, the idea that many dinosaurs and other extinct animals swallowed rocks, either to help grind up their food or to help control their buoyancy, has been widely accepted. Smooth rocks found in dinosaur-bearing formations have been assumed to be "used" gastroliths vomited up by dinosaurs.
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Which dinosaur had the biggest stomach?

The digestive system of a sauropod such as this Brachiosaurus was much bigger than that of the carnivores. It needed a large gut to break down the fibres in the plant material it ate.
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What animal has rocks in its stomach?

Among living vertebrates, gastroliths are common among crocodiles, alligators, herbivorous birds, seals and sea lions. Domestic fowl require access to grit. Stones swallowed by ostriches can exceed a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). Apparent microgastroliths have also been found in frog tadpoles.
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What's the biggest dinosaur poop?

His goal was to find a specimen larger than the Royal Saskatchewan Museum's 44 cm by 16 cm (17.3 in by 6.3 in) Tyrannosaurus rex coprolite. This Canadian turd was recognized as the “world's largest fossilized excrement from a carnivore” by Guinness World Records in 2017.
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What happens if you find a dinosaur bone?

In the U.S., fossil bones found on federal land are public property and can be collected only by researchers with permits. These remains also must stay in the public trust, in approved repositories such as accredited museums.
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What to do if you think you found a dinosaur fossil?

The most important thing to do if you find what you believe is a fossil or an artifact is to leave it where you found it. When scientists study these items, we need to know exactly where they came from so that we can learn everything possible about them.
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