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Re: Hadrosaur beaks and tails

I was going to take a trip to LACM soon, but I hear many displays are down. If I get to go into the collections I'll get some pics. I have been bitten by ostriches, and the keratin itself -at least on THAT ratite was not very jagged. It felt like a clipboard snapping down on my fingers. The edges of hadrosaur beaks do show some uneven jagged edges, and I think the real life keratin would have been fairly ragged and sharp from cropping and stripping. Just given the size of one of their head a bite would have been nasty. 

  Wonder if Leondardo has a beak.

D

On Oct 16, 2009, at 2:04 PM, quailspg@frii.com wrote:


Shere Khan junior wrote:


I was wondering what the beaks of hadrosaurs were
like when the animals were alive. I understand
they were made of keratin, but what was the
covering like?
The Los Angeles County Museum has a flippin' FANTASTIC Edmontosaurus skull 
with some of the keratin shape preserved. Have they EVER published
pictures of it??? When I was there some years ago it was displayed in a dark corner which made picture taking difficult. Are there any good images available on the web or in books... or are they still keeping it a secret 
(for some unfathomable reason)?

-- Donna Braginetz