death pose -- Tyrell Museum, Drumheller, Alberta
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This is a compsagnathus, on display
in the Royal Tyrell, right beside the Archaeopteryx. I won't get
into the whole "Archaeopteryx fraud" thing here as it's not relevent,
but notice once again the similarities in the death pose:
The head is arched as far back
as it can go, the tail is pulled up somewhat, the arms, if anything,
are pulled in the wrong
direction, and the legs
again are not stretched out straight.
So again I pose the question: Is this the result of tendons
or muscles drying out or is the a reaction from the creature which was
still alive? Alive long enough to effect its position as it was
buried alive, only to be firmly held in place shortly thereafter?
The death pose is exhibited in far more than just dinosaurs.