Spinosaurus may have spent most of its life underwater

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYale scientists say spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater, after measuring thousands of fossils with machine learning, ScienceDaily reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMore than eleven thousand measurements, plus photographs and CT scans.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd the statistical method started out checking whether a blip on a radar was an enemy plane.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo a dinosaur has been confirmed as a blip. Which means it's eligible for an award.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorEligible? It's the only candidate who was under the surface for the entire campaign.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThen by the power vested in this desk, it's BBN's Animal of the Day. Official title: Most Submerged Dinosaur in Northern Africa.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCareer stats. Time underwater: the vast majority. Time on the beach: some. Time anyone asked how the water was: zero.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorAnd it did that for about nineteen million years, from a hundred and thirteen million to ninety-four million years ago.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorLead author Caleb Gordon says the results confidently show it spent the vast majority of its time submerged. Confidently.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI'd like that on my gravestone.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSpinosaurus, you showed up, you got wet, and you stayed wet. It was under there the whole time, and we never once checked on it.