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    7 hours ago

    They’re like birds, right? Don’t they have a cloaca instead?

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    Apparently yes, though this author couldn’t resist “butthole”…

    https://www.livescience.com/first-dinosaur-butthole-found.html

    1st preserved dinosaur butthole is ‘perfect’ and ‘unique,’ paleontologist says

    This was a multipurpose hole.

    The first dinosaur butthole ever discovered is shedding light where the sun don’t shine. The discovery reveals how dinosaurs used this multipurpose opening — scientifically known as a cloacal vent — for pooping, peeing, breeding and egg laying.