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  • The reptile's normal was 38.2 degrees Celsius and the temperature of a slightly smaller sauropod, the Camasaurus, was 35.7 degrees Celsius.

    Fossil Studies Show Dinosaurs Were Warm-Blooded 2011

  • The unidentified woman in Parauapebas in northeastern Brazil discovered her 3-year-old petting the reptile's head, the BBC reports, picking up an Associated Press dispatch.

    Brazilian mom finds son petting 5-foot alligator behind sofa 2011

  • Though Tas could feel the reptile's black eyes on him, he was able to squirm near enough to Caramon to talk.

    Finnegan teoriza la practica de cuerdas Carlos G.Tonda 2010

  • The archosaurs had mouths similar in shape to a reptile's.

    Bird Teeth 2008

  • As he spoke he drew the dog-whip swiftly from the dead man's lap, and throwing the noose round the reptile's neck he drew it from its horrid perch and, carrying it at arm's length, threw it into the iron safe, which he closed upon it.

    Sole Music 2010

  • Once he nearly dropped square onto the back of a Chan-nock, the big tree-climbing reptile's knobby back the perfect imitation of a tuntangcle vine as it lay stretched between the boles of two air-trees.

    Shopgirls Frederick Barthelme 2010

  • The archosaurs had mouths similar in shape to a reptile's.

    2008 February - Telic Thoughts 2008

  • Eventually he learned to keep a close eye on the reptile's head.

    A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

  • A sharp piece of silica hidden under the reptile's rattle.

    The Perfidy Peckers 2010

  • The line flew to the dragon, and whipped around the reptile's form.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

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