Scientists say that the footprints of the two predatory dinosaurs on a beach in Germany suggest that the dinosaurs were used to socialising.
The new study finds that around 142 million years back two carnivorous dinosaurs strolled on the German beaches and left their footprints deep beneath the sands.
The footprints found on the beaches are now fossilized, and the study is helping the researchers to find interesting facts about the huge terrestrial beings. Researchers are now trying to predict the type of dinosaurs that habituated the coastal area of the northern Germany.
The path shows that one of the dinosaurs was small, and another large. The footprints suggested that they were strolling on the beach at a slow pace. The larger one had a pace of around 3.9 mph (6.3km/hr) while the smaller one 6 mph (9.7km/hr). This came as a fascinating study.
According to the researcher Pemille Troelsen, a biology postgraduate from the University of Southern Denmark, studies shows that at some point in time the dinosaurs were racing against each other.
They smaller one was probably trying to cope up with the pace of the larger one. The researcher also claimed that the footprints also showed that the dinosaurs skidded here and there due to the slippery sand of the beaches.
As expected, Troelson state that the dinosaurs were adapted to slow paces as they are beings who relax while walking, but the scientists believe the speed of the carnivorous animals can go up to as fast as 25mph (40km/hr).