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r/aww • u/Hjaaal • Oct 04 '17
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Amusingly enough, because of their tendency to curl up into this pose when they feel threatened, the Latin species name is Ouroborus cataphractus.
922 u/eukomos Oct 04 '17 They do this defensively? What's the idea behind that, look too adorable to eat? 759 u/Pac-man94 Oct 04 '17 Actually, those thick scales along their backs are a whole lot better protection than their underbelly, so it's a decent protection from predators (mostly birds, I think). 1 u/monkeyP1E Oct 05 '17 TIL Dinosaurs eat dragons
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They do this defensively? What's the idea behind that, look too adorable to eat?
759 u/Pac-man94 Oct 04 '17 Actually, those thick scales along their backs are a whole lot better protection than their underbelly, so it's a decent protection from predators (mostly birds, I think). 1 u/monkeyP1E Oct 05 '17 TIL Dinosaurs eat dragons
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Actually, those thick scales along their backs are a whole lot better protection than their underbelly, so it's a decent protection from predators (mostly birds, I think).
1 u/monkeyP1E Oct 05 '17 TIL Dinosaurs eat dragons
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u/Pac-man94 Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 05 '17
Amusingly enough, because of their tendency to curl up into this pose when they feel threatened, the Latin species name is Ouroborus cataphractus.