This ichthyosaur died after devouring a creature nearly as long as itself
The feat surprised scientists who expected the marine reptile to gulp prey like fish and squid
An ancient, dolphinlike reptile called an ichthyosaur may have died from overeating. A bulge in the belly of this fossilized creature (pictured) contains the remains of a reptile called a thalattosaur, which was nearly as long as the ichthyosaur itself.
Ryosuke Motani