An example of how paleontologists look at modern animals is the theory that triceratops form a circle with the herd to ward off predators and protect their young similar to how elephants and muskox do today. We have little evidence to support that triceratops actually did this besides the fact that similar large herbivores with horns/tusks on their head also do this.
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An example of how paleontologists look at modern animals is the theory that triceratops form a circle with the herd to ward off predators and protect their young similar to how elephants and muskox do today. We have little evidence to support that triceratops actually did this besides the fact that similar large herbivores with horns/tusks on their head also do this.