They Found How Ankylosaurus Avoids Heat Stroke With Fluid Dynamics!! - Blog Posts

Keeping Cool in the Cretaceous

I love that fluid dynamics can bring new insights to other subjects, like this study on how heavily-armored ankylosaurs avoided heat stroke. Scans of ankylosaur skulls show a complicated, twisty nasal cavity that researchers likened to a child’s crazy straw. (Image and video credit: Scientific American; research credit: J. Bourke et al.; via J. Ouellette) Read the full article