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    This weird, water-loving dinosaur has claws like a velociraptor and a neck like a goose

    by Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Dec 06, 2017 3 minutes

    If it walks like a duck and swims like a duck, it might be a dinosaur. Scientists have discovered a flippered theropod dinosaur that appears to have spent much of its life in water.

    The fossil of Halszkaraptor escuilliei, described in the journal Nature, reveals a strange dinosaur that defies paleontologists' expectations: one that mixes the traits of theropod dinosaurs with those of aquatic or semi-aquatic birds and reptiles today.

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