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Nocturnal dinosaurs: Night vision and superb hearing in a small theropod suggest it was a moonlight predator

  • Written by Lars Schmitz, Associate Professor of Biology, Scripps College
imageFossils of _Shuvuuia deserti_ depict a small predatory creature with exceptional night vision and hearing.Mick Ellison/American Natural History Museum, CC BY-ND

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