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Fossils
This bizarre ancient predator snagged soft prey
Scientists are rethinking how this extinct creature used the spiky limbs sticking out of its face to hunt.
By Nikk Ogasa
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Scientists are rethinking how this extinct creature used the spiky limbs sticking out of its face to hunt.
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