Troodon
Facts
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Name
Means
|
"Wounding
tooth " |
|
Type
|
Predator
dinosaur |
|
Lived
When
|
Late
Cretaceious (99-65 million years ago) |
|
Weight
|
Around
100 pounds |
|
Height
|
2-3
feet high at hips (they would have stood head-to-head with an adult
man) |
|
Length
|
6
feet |
|
Weapons
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Sickel-shaped
claws, saw-like teeth |
|
Diet
|
Dinosaurs,
lizards, reptiles, insects |
|
Habitat
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Wyoming
and Montana, Alberta in Canada |
Interesting
Troodon
Facts
|
Troodons
had the best vision of any dinosaur. This means it could spot its
prey easily. It also had a big brain for its size and may have been
one of the smartest dinosaurs too!
Once
a Troodon spotted prey, it would be pretty hard for that dinosaur
to get away! Troodons were fast, and their sickel-shaped claws could
strike killing blows. Not only that, but they had teeth that had
edges like saws to rip through flesh.
Troodon
probably had to lift his sickel-shaped toe claws up when running
to keep them sharp.
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