'Extremely rare' fossilized dinosaur voice box suggests they sounded birdlike

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A fossilized ankylosaur voice box reveals that these beasts may have sported a far more sophisticated vocal range than scientists originally thought.

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[Rcarlberg]

Well of course they had songs, like birds. Dinosaurs survived 165 million years on Earth so they had plenty of time to evolve sexual signalling. They also (a lot of them) probably had feathers and elaborate coloration, for the same reason. They weren't grey reptiles who roared, despite common wisdom. And if their longevity is proportional to birds, individuals may have lived as much as 1,000 years.

 

[cecilia fx]

If these feathered and "singing" dinosaurs were anything like today's birds, they must have been fascinating to see.