A fresh look at a triceratops skeleton suggests the dinosaur was once stabbed in the head by another of its kind.
To protect itself, a triceratops might have used its horns as weapons and its frill as a shield. But there are other explanations, too.
Now, one of the largest triceratops skeletons ever found has weighed in on the debate, and it's made quite the impression. In the past, paleontologists have used the wounds on neck frills to come up with ways in which the triceratops might have fought with each other. For instance, theBut neither of these fighting techniques explains the wound on Big John.
In the case of Big John, the neck frill appears to have served its purpose. The dinosaur ultimately made it out of the scuffle alive, but its injury was so severe that even when the triceratops finally died, probably about half a year later, it was still in the process of healing.of bone healing that closely match mammals.
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