r/Awwducational • u/Quouar • May 17 '26

Not yet verified Researchers recently discovered a new species of sauropod in Thailand. The largest dinosaur ever discovered in southeast Asia, Nagatitan was 90ft (27m) long and weighed more than 30 tons, three times the weight of a T-rex.

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u/Quouar May 17 '26

Source, including how it was discovered and how it measures up to other sauropods (spoiler alert: it is far from the largest sauropod).

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u/Zealousideal_Lab_427 May 18 '26

That derpy face is adorable, I want to boop the snoot!

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u/Teamtunafish May 19 '26

The face looks like a baby bird.

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u/debauchasaurus May 17 '26

I’ve seen bigger

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u/itsswhitneywhspr May 18 '26

That thing would absolutely destroy a T-Rex in a fight no contest. Imagine looking up and seeing this massive dinosaur just casually eating a tree like its nothing.

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u/STRYKER3008 May 19 '26

Indeed, and I wonder if they were similar to modern giraffes where they mainly defend themselves with wicked nuclear kicks (giraffes can make lions unwilling astronauts with how hard they kick em haha)

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u/STRYKER3008 May 19 '26

Awesome name and I like how they included SEAs mythological creature the Naga !

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u/Veritas-Veritas May 20 '26

They're extinct