Friday, May 18, 2012

What Therizinosaurus eats

There are three main groups in which animal's diets are classified. 
The first one is Carnivore. Animals that are classified by this eat only meat.
Herbivore's consume only plants.
Omnivore's consume both plants and meat. 

Therizinosaurus's diet is unknown. Some scientists believe it used its massive claws to rip open termite nests, making it an insectivore. Some scientists believe it ate plants and some think it used its claws to kill other dinosaurs. All the they could all be correct, making it an omnivore. Nobody knows exactly how much Therizinosaurus ate per day, probably a lot, given it weighed up to six tons. It's possible that Therizinosaurus hunted for meat, scavenged for termites and foraged for plants.


Picture was taken from http://dinosaurs.wikia.com/wiki/Therizinosaurus

Resources: http://www.jurassictimes.com/Therizinosaurus
                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therizinosaurus
                  http://dinosaurs.wikia.com/wiki/Therizinosaurus

That's all
-Micah


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