Drought in America reveals giant footprints of dinosaurs dating back 113 million years

Weather of Arabia - Unprecedented droughts that affect several countries around the world are still revealing amazing secrets that have been hidden under water for hundreds and even millions of years, and it was announced yesterday, Monday, that the traces of huge steps of dinosaurs were discovered in the Dinosaur Valley State Park. In the US state of Texas, it is about 113 million years old.

According to a statement issued by the park, most of the giant footprints that were recently discovered in the park, after the waters of the "Paloxi River" receded, belong to the "Acrocanthosaurus" dinosaurs, as the dinosaur was about 15 feet long and weighed nearly seven tons. .

The footprints of Sauroposeidon dinosaurs, which were about 60 feet long and weighed about 44 tons, were also discovered.

Giant dinosaur footprints date back to about 113 million years ago.

More than 60% of Texas was experiencing a drought last week, according to the US Drought Observatory. The state has also recently experienced severe heat waves, leaving millions under extreme heat warnings.

The climate change crisis has raised the potential for more frequent, dramatic fluctuations in droughts and precipitation, such as the flash floods that hit Dallas this week.

According to the park statement: In normal weather conditions, the footprints of the dinosaurs in the riverbed are underwater and filled with sediment, which makes them less visible, and it is expected that the tracks will return to be buried again after the rains.

These traces are the most recent discovery due to reduced water levels due to drought, both in the United States and abroad: Five groups of human remains have been discovered in Utah's Lake Mead in recent months as the dam's water has fallen to about 27% of its capacity. full.

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In eastern Serbia, dozens of German warships still loaded with explosives were discovered in the dry Danube River, and a prehistoric stone circle called the "Spanish Stonehenge" was discovered after the water level of the Valdecanas Dam fell in the countryside of Serbia. Spain. Buddhist statues believed to be 600 years old were found in the Yangtze River in China.

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