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Therizinosaurs, however, were plant-eaters or omnivores — not apex predators. The newly discovered dinosaur stood about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and would have weighed 573 pounds (260 kilograms).

Desert omnivores like the Greater Roadrunners, Geococcyx californianus, Pallid Bats, Antrozous pallidus, and Kit Foxes, Vulpes macrotis mutica, will quickly include a juicy tarantula as a tasty meal.

Paleontologists unearthed the fossil in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert, and the find is unique because of a sheath preserved on one of the digits, which reveals the claw’s true length.

Therizinosaurs, however, were plant-eaters or omnivores — not apex predators. The newly discovered dinosaur stood about 10 feet (3 meters) tall and would have weighed 573 pounds (260 kilograms).