Dinosaurs breathed like penguins


	Dinosaurs breathed like penguins

Charolastra

11-7-2007 6:10 AM

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dinosaur, penguins, velociraptor

Charolastra says:

Dinosaurs like Velociraptors owe their fearsome reputation to the way they breathed, according to a UK study.

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