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Duck-Like Dinosaur Is Cute and Menacing All at the Same Time—And We're a Little Creeped Out

The Halszkaraptor escuilliei is an unexpected discovery in the world of paleontology and dinosaurs, as it shares features with some creatures not typically associated with one another.

Duck-Like Dinosaur Is Cute and Menacing All at the Same Time—And We're a Little Creeped Out
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On December 6, some unusual findings were published in Nature, The International Journal of Science. These findings—a particular set of unearthed skeleton fossils—were impeccable, considering they are likely from 71 to 75 million years ago.

Interestingly, these fossils were not initially discovered by researchers. Poachers dug up these fossils somewhat recently, smuggling them out of Mongolia and likely through China into the fossil markets of Europe. As Mongolia is the origin of over five percent of all known dinosaur species, and quite remote in location, it has served as a hotspot for the fossil poaching market.

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