Perhaps it was one of those eureka moments, when the scientists realized they had discovered a new dinosaur with mouth parts designed to vacuum up food.
The 110 million-year-old plant eater, discovered in the Sahara Desert, was to be unveiled Thursday by the National Geographic Society.
Discoverer Paul Sereno named the elephant-sized animal Nigersaurus taqueti, an acknowledgment of the African country Niger and a French paleontologist, Philippe Taquet.
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Ever since I was a small boy, I have been I been interested in Dinosaurs. This is the first time I have ever read where a dinosaur actually sucked up it's food! Interesting report.
Dinosaur sucked up food like a vacuum
