Dinosaur Survived A Record Number Of Bone Fractures

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An artist's impression showing the multiple injury points. You should have seen the other guy! Leandra Walters

Two paleontologists have uncovered evidence that a dinosaur fossil, excavated way back in 1942, was hiding a record number of injuries. It had at least eight bone fractures and sites of damage through infection. As the new study in PLOS ONE reveals, this beast lived on despite its dramatic injuries – but it probably would have been in a considerable amount of pain.