Thursday, 1 February 2018

Why don't turtles still have tail spikes?


Researchers explain why tail weaponry is rare

Date:  January 17, 2018
Source:  North Carolina State University

Summary:
In a study covering 300 million years of evolutionary history, researchers have found four necessary components to tail weapon development: size, armor, herbivory and thoracic stiffness.


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