What are three interesting facts about triceratops?

Fun Facts About the Triceratops

• Triceratops means three-horned-face in Greek.
• The triceratops' head is one of the largest of any land animal discovered.
• Some triceratops may have had as many as 800 teeth!
• They are a member of the ceratopsia suborder of dinosaurs.
• It probably wasn't a very fast dinosaur.

1. Did Triceratops have 800 teeth?
2. Would a Triceratops eat a human?
3. Are Triceratops fast or slow?
4. Do Triceratops have tails?
5. How big is a Triceratops brain?

Did Triceratops have 800 teeth?

It had up to 800 teeth that were constantly being replenished, and were arranged in groups called batteries, with each battery having 36 to 40 tooth columns in each side of each jaw and three to five teeth per column, the Evolution study notes.

Would a Triceratops eat a human?

T. rex surely would have been able to eat people. There are fossil bite marks, matching the teeth of T. rex, on the bones of Triceratops and duck-billed dinosaurs such as Edmontosaurus, which were both over 50 times heavier than an average person.

Are Triceratops fast or slow?

Triceratops was a herbavore. They roamed in large herds and ate plants. Speed: Quite Fast!

Do Triceratops have tails?

Triceratops is often portrayed as using its large horns to defend itself from contemporary carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex. ... The tail, as in many other large horned dinosaurs, appears to have been fairly short.

How big is a Triceratops brain?

Triceratops also had a small brain, given its large body size. It likely would have been approximately a walnut and a half, Morhardt said.