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Eons
Did Eating Insects Shrink These Dinos?
Season 4
Episode 19
We often think of dinosaurs as either preying on other dinos or mammals or as plant-eaters -- but in ecosystems today, those aren’t the only two options. So why would we expect dinosaurs to have only been carnivores or herbivores, with the occasional omnivore thrown in the mix?
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