After a certain age, it seems like almost every day we “discover” a new creak in our joints, new stiffness or maybe even arthritis pain. We lament that we are not as young as we used to be. Well, it is not just those of us living in modern times who have suffered from the pains of old age. Even dinosaurs got arthritis.

Scientists studying a pliosaur (think Loch Ness monster) from the Mesozoic era have discovered that the reptile suffered from a degenerative disease much like arthritis, and that a bone that could heal eventually led to its death.