Could a microscopic bacterium have been a dinosaur killer?
In short: Explore how fossil evidence from a Montana bonebed reveals a hidden threat to prehistoric predators: the possibility of mass poisoning by bacteria like botulism.
This episode of Planet Dinosaur examines new fossil evidence found in a Montana, USA bonebed. It investigates the theory that meat-eating dinosaurs may have succumbed to poisoning from bacteria such as botulism, though it also explores how theropod dinosaurs may have evolved mechanisms to avoid such threats.
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