DINOSAURS survived a flu pandemic 150million years ago, researchers have found. Evidence of a respiratory disease similar to flu was discovered in the bones of a diplodocus called Dolly. It would h…
Evidence of a respiratory disease similar toIt would have spread rapidly among the beasts, leaving them coughing, sneezing and shivering, experts believe, leaving them coughing, sneezing and shivering, experts believe.Dr Cary Woodruff said: “An infection like this has never been found in any dinosaur, so it gives us an exciting window into the past.
"Millions of years ago, before the invention of vaccines and Lemsip, they suffered the same gross symptoms we’ve all felt.” Diagnosing illnesses suffered by dinosaurs is difficult as their organs and soft tissue have not survived. But they had air sacs in their bones to help them breathe, meaning respiratory illnesses could spread there.
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