# Dinosaur tracks found in Italy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** olympic-sports\
**Created:** [December 18, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813 "2025-12-18T05:39:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813/1 "2025-12-18T05:39:20Z")

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Apparently thousands

[https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5647391/dinosaur-tracks-italy-olympics](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-s1-5647391/dinosaur-tracks-italy-olympics)

Ahead of the Olympic Games. Cool.

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813/2 "2025-12-18T14:08:21Z")

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They’re not fresh?

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**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813/3 "2025-12-18T14:22:18Z")

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Not surprising - Italy has been producing Dino tracks for years.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iLCGiWsIsaM/maxresdefault.jpg "Dino - Te lo leggo negli occhi (1964)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLCGiWsIsaM)

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813/4 "2025-12-18T15:17:43Z")

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Go to your room! Bad **Switcheroo**. 😉

I also note that your avatar and **Miller** ’s can be confused with one another. Surprised me when I looked closely.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-tracks-found-in-italy/1025813/5 "2025-12-18T16:43:17Z")

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> [@muldoonthief](#):
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> They’re not fresh?

If they are, I hope they wipe their feet before entering the Dolomites and Valtellina valleys!