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Dinosaur defense
The age of dinosaurs The bone-clubbed
tail of this ankylosaur
could do a lot of
damage when swung
at an attacker.
Euoplocephalus tail
The size of six adult
elephants, Supersaurus
Supersaurus size
would have had few enemies.
The spikes made this
plant-eater look bigger
and more dangerous
than it really was.
Alxasaurus claws
Alxasaurus was
armed with long,
knifelike blades.
Life was dangerous for many dinosaurs. dinosaurs could hide or run away from trouble,
They faced powerful predators—fierce as was the case with the ostrichlike dinosaur
meat-eating theropods with huge jaws and Struthiomimus. The stiff bristles on the back
big appetites. For a few giant dinosaurs like of Heterodontosaurus may have deterred
Supersaurus, their sheer size was enough enemies like the quills of porcupines. The big
82 to make hunters choose easier targets. Small plant-eater Kentrosaurus (“spiked lizard”) was
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