The story for kids
This is Triceratops, the dinosaur with three horns. Count its horns: one, two, three! Triceratops ate only plants. Its mouth was like a parrot's beak, and it used it to tear off low plants, ferns, and bushes. Inside its mouth it had hundreds of teeth that cut up tough leaves like scissors. With its horns and its big frill, it protected itself from Tyrannosaurus.
Facts
- It had three horns and a big frill behind its head.
- It ate plants.
- It lived at the same time as Tyrannosaurus.
Numbers
- Length
- ~9 m
- Weight
- ~6–12 tonnes
- Food
- Plants