The noggins of fierce dinosaurs like T. rex were filled with ... air. The airy skulls would have lightened the load of the head and possibly acted as resonating chambers for communication among some of the dinosaurs, new research reveals.
"We always knew dinosaurs had relatively small brains, so we might regard them as being airheads, and we can see that's kind of literally true," said researcher Lawrence Witmer of Ohio University.
Turns out, T. rex was a real airhead
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