Do you know what were herbivorous dinosaurs eat? Here are five huge herbivorous dinosaurs facts for kids.
When we think of dinosaurs a lot of people think about the T. rex with its big teeth and sharp claws, but did you know that only 35% of dinosaurs were meat eaters, the rest – 65% – stuck to plants! This group of dinosaurs were called Herbivores!
Herbivores were adapted to eating vegetation and plants, for example their teeth were a lot flatter than carnivores teeth so that they could strip leaves from the trees and grind them up ready to digest!
Do you know how scientists figure out what dinosaurs ate? They use things like their teeth and the rest of the fossil to make a good guess, but they can also examine the fossilised poop – the scientific name is Coprolite!
The stegosaurus is one of the most well known herbivorous dinosaurs, they are known for the two rows of big scales that go up their back, but did you know they had little pouches in their cheeks to keep plants they had already cut up – ready for later!
Another classic is the triceratops which is known for its three big horns, but did you know that scientists now believe that these huge beasts would have been covered in hair?
We hope you enjoyed learning more things about herbivorous dinosaurs as much as we loved teaching you about them. Now that you know how majestic these animals are, you can move on to learn about other animals and birds like: Octopuses, Seals, Weasels, Dolphins, Kangaroos, Reindeer, Leopards and Jaguars, Rabbits and Flamingos.
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