E01-02-Jurassic Fight Club S01E01

This discovery had given paleontologists an opportunity to look inside the skull of this rare dinosaur.

Dr. Lawrence Witmer of Ohio University leads one of the most technologically advanced dinosaur research labs in the world.

He's able to dig deeper into the stories of bones and brain cavity than ever before.

CT scanning has opened a new door into dinosaur behavior.

CT scanning is a medical technology that allows us to look inside an object.

But we can use that same technology on dinosaurs to look inside their skulls, to see through the rock to see how these animals are built.

We can look at the bony brain cavity in CT scan, and from that, extract what the form the brain was like, as well as all of the tissues that're surrounding that.

CT scanning of the skull of Majungasaurus gave clues into every aspect of this predator, its senses of vision, hearing, balance and agility.

By comparing the size and shape of the brain and inner ear canals to those of modern birds and reptiles, scientists have developed a rare insight into the behavior of Majungasaurus, how it lived and how it could have fought.

At first glance, the skull reveals obvious detail.