‘Don’t Google which dinosaur had 500 teeth’ – Warning not to fall for sick stunt spread by racists in Reddit thread
INTERNET users have been warned not to fall for a "Don't google which dinosaur had 500 teeth" prank after sick Reddit users made a racist joke go viral.
The message has been spreading across social media and comes up as one of the search engine's autofill suggestions.
Those who do google the question get results for the Nigersaurus.
The joke-turn-meme has been shared across social media platforms, primarily on Reddit.
Juvenile jokers on the site are hoping to shock unsuspecting internet users by suggesting the name is similar to the N-word.
The warning against making the search first appeared to begin to circulating back in September 2019.
"This bizarre, long-necked dinosaur is characterized by its unusually broad, straight-edged muzzle tipped with more than 500 replaceable teeth.
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"The original fossil skull of Nigersaurus is one of the first dinosaur skulls to be digitally reconstructed from CT scans."
In November 2007, a reconstructed skeleton of the Nigersaurus was unveiled at the National Geographic Museum in Washington DC.