Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive

Hypocrasaurus grew three to five times faster than predators such as tyrannosaurs. Art by: Drew Lee/Ohio University


Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive

Aug 06, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least one advantage: It grew to adulthood much faster than its predators, giving it superiority in size.