Solar Powered Dinosaurs

We like to think of the harnessing of solar power to create energy as being a human invention. Of course, this is simply not true. For eons, plants have been harnessing the power of their own built-in naturally occurring solar panels, so we’ve been beaten to the punch on that front. But hey, at least we can lay claim to the title of being the first animal to use structures for the purpose of re-appropriating the sun’s energy for our own use, right?

Well, no actually. As it turns out, humans were not the first animals to collect solar power …read more