Lives of dinosaurs evolve around facts and figures stated by scientists, the discussions that concluded in some results, assumptions as well as few rumors. Here I have present few facts that can give you a glimpse of the features and as well as living style of these huge creatures.
Dinosaurs were not the first huge reptiles
The first dinosaurs existed about 230 million years ago. Before then, the dominant land reptiles on the earth big lizards or archosaurs and mammal-like reptiles. After 20 million or so years after, the first dinosaurs that appeared were fearsome crocodiles. Around 200 million years ago, it was the beginning of the rise of dinosaurs.
They flourished for more than 150 million years
With our 100-year-max life time, modern humans have only existed for a few hundred thousand years, and human civilization only got going about 10,000 years ago. But you may be surprise of knowing that dinosaurs dominated the earth for more than 150 million years.
Dinosaurs evolved into birds
Few paleontologists say that modern birds are evolved from small, feathered dinosaurs during the late Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. But some of the scientists do not agree with this fact.
Some dinosaurs were warm-blooded
Modern reptiles like turtles and crocodiles are cold-blooded, or we can say that they are "ectothermic," which means that their body temperature fluctuates with changes in the surrounding temperature. But modern mammals are warm blooded "endothermic," which generate their own heat to maintain their body temperature.
Most dinosaurs were herbivores
If you think that all of the dinosaurs were carnivores then you are wrong. You may be shocked with the fact that most of the dinosaurs were herbivores. They were vegetarian and used to eat plants.
They had mind
A study says that they were not dumb. They could use their minds. Some plant-eating dinosaurs had tiny brains as compared to their huge body and this feature made them little but smarter than others.
Many studies have been done to open the deep layered secrets of the life of the dinosaurs. But still there is a lot to study, to reveal. This is not a process of short time. Scientists are still busy in examining their life styles. They have been the hugest creatures in our planet and ruled it for so many years.
Various movies have been released in this prospect to give a glimpse of their lives as people have always been interested in their way of living.
You can read several books and also search across internet to learn the hidden facts of dinosaurs. Various books have been written, several articles have been submitted and also there are various sites that use to update themselves with the latest facts and figures about dinosaurs. Go through these sites and take a look about these huge creatures.
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