Fossilized Sauropod Guts Reveal Their Last Meals and Rude Eating Habits
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The discovery of the first sauropod stomach contents from 100 million years ago reveals they were herbivores that relied on fermentation and gut microbes for digestion, not chewing, and suggests they played a significant role as ecosystem engineers throughout their lives.
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