4/10/2023 0 Comments Prehistoric kingdom breeding![]() ![]() Looking at the activities of our own animal kingdom may help to provide a few clues as to why so many dinosaurs were constructed in this way. Undoubtedly, having certain physical features for defence purposes makes a lot of sense, especially when dealing with a beast such as the multi-horned triceratops. 8 Not very romantic, but certainly practical.īut why did dinosaurs have these strange bodily appendages? Could they be connected to sex? Various theories for these additions have been made. Scientists believe that the female k entrosaurus may have lay on her side with the male hovering over her or else a rear-to-rear manoeuvre occurred with the two mates facing in opposite directions with their rear ends touching. 6īut what if your body just happens to be covered with potentially lethal spikes or spines (like the fearful-looking k entrosaurus ) where any attempts at mating could lead to castration or death? Where body armour is involved, mating would certainly have been a very delicate operation. But they may have also simply sat down to do the business. There’s a theory that the smaller, slightly comical, arms of the iconic T-Rex could have been used to latch onto the back of a mate. Getting those important areas to line up would require a certain amount of coordination to stay upright. 5īipedal dinosaurs, traversing the planet on two legs, also had to deal with the problem of balance. ![]() It’s likely that smaller dinosaurs (such as the Kulindadromeus ) adopted a position as crocodiles tend to do, where the female crouches down, moves her tail to one side with the male clambering on top while twisting his underbelly allowing both cloacas to meet. So our dinosaur pals may well have used a very similar method and didn’t possess or need external genitalia at all.īut even using a cloaca to mate means that these prehistoric partners were required to get very up close and personal in order to smoosh their reproductive parts together. Most birds breed via an act rather queasily known as the ‘cloacal kiss’ where sperm passes from the cloaca of the male bird into the cloaca of the female as they press together, which leads to fertilisation. ![]() Birds and crocodiles reproduce using an organ called the cloaca, an all-purpose opening used for urination, defecation, and reproduction. Some parent animals will have certain traits (like albino, tame, playful, aggressive, etc.) which will be inherited by the offspring. ![]()
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