Discovery Channel => ‘Hogwarts’ Dragon Unveiled
I’m still annoyed at the stupid name they gave this new specimen, but it is turning out to have some fascinating consequences. Dracorex is in the pachycephalosaur family, a group of dinosaurs typically associated with large, domed, heavily-fortified skulls. It’s often been speculated that they used them to ram each other during courtship displays.
The new dinosaur is more recent and, exactly opposite to expectations, the head is more flat with lots of cool spikes.
Personally, I would expect the head to get flatter with each generation if they keep smacking each other on the top of the skull.
(Side note: No surprises here => ‘Pachycephalosaur’ is not in my online spell checker.)
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