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New studies claim Tyrannosaurus Rex ripped the head off its armored victims.


Triceratops fossils from the U.S. shows that the apex predator killed its prey, then ripped off its head in order to get to nutrient-rich neck meat hidden by its crest. Examining the marks on most of the skulls recovered, none of which showed any kind of healing - indicating that bites were inflicted during or after the death.

The researchers were curious to see that many extensive puncture and pull marks were actually on the neck frills of the specimens. Made up mostly of bone and keratin, the neck frill would not have offered much nutrition to a predator. the frills were the only thing stopping the predator from sinking its teeth into the nutrient-rich neck muscles of the triceratops.

the easiest way to do this was to rip the head off and research has shown bite marks which could have only been made if the dinosaur was decapitated.
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