Re: I feel embarrassed to ask this, but...

[David Marjanovic <david.marjanovic@gmx.at>]

Ask, and thou shalt receive.

> Did dinosaurs get mucus in their noses? And how did they (especially the 
> theropods, with those sharp foreclaws) get it out? Did they snort hard or 
> something?

Few if any had a complete secondary palate. Chickens have a secondary palate 
with a slit in the middle, through which mucus drips into the mouth.

Rather ask what, say, dogs do (complete secondary palate, claws, and no way 
to get a finger into the nose in the first place). I have no idea. I presume 
they breathe through the mouth till the infection is over?