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Post by The Legend of Groose on Oct 23, 2022 10:58:34 GMT -5
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 23, 2022 11:07:10 GMT -5
I loved dinosaurs when I was a kid, and love dinosaurs today as an adult. I now collect dinosaur teeth. This is the newest one I bought. An Itermirus tooth from Uzbekistan.  |
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Fade
Patti Mayonnaise
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Post by Fade on Oct 23, 2022 11:43:19 GMT -5
 I stumped so many people on Facebook with this one.  To me, the dinosaur-bird connection hasn't made dinosaurs any less cooler, and it makes birds 1000000 times cooler. Think about it: not only are dinosaurs technically not extinct, they're all around us! Even if you live in Antarctica, you could go outside right now and probably see one. Heck, chances are you've probably eaten one! I ‘member after watching JP looking at my mothers green parrots movements like “..you a lil dinosaur ain’t you f***er?” I thought they were the coolest. I wonder if they’re still considered cool for kids growing up in this age. |
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Post by msc on Oct 23, 2022 13:54:35 GMT -5
Dinosaurs are f***ing cool. Also, finding out about creatures like the Titanis really helps support the "raptors evolved into birds theory". |
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Post by The Captain on Oct 23, 2022 16:45:33 GMT -5
I stumped so many people on Facebook with this one. To me, the dinosaur-bird connection hasn't made dinosaurs any less cooler, and it makes birds 1000000 times cooler. Think about it: not only are dinosaurs technically not extinct, they're all around us! Even if you live in Antarctica, you could go outside right now and probably see one. Heck, chances are you've probably eaten one! Yep, all birds evolved from theropod dinosaurs. IIRC, it's the branch of those dinosaurs that include the already bird-like dinosaurs like Gallimimus, dromaeosaurs like Deinonychus and Velociraptor as well as T-Rex's, which is why a lot of them tend to be illustrated with feathers now. Meanwhile, the primarily herbivore dinosaurs, even those with some bird-like hip-structure from the Cretaceous like hadrosaurs and ceratopsids, still get illustrated as more scaly and reptilian-looking.
A lot of birds are also pretty badass. You ever get a look at a cassowary's feet? Those things are basically modern dromaeosaurs.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Oct 23, 2022 17:34:54 GMT -5
A lot of birds are also pretty badass. You ever get a look at a cassowary's feet? Those things are basically modern dromaeosaurs. Cassowary feet at f***ing terrifying.  |
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Post by Zaq "That Guy" Buzzkill on Oct 23, 2022 17:52:14 GMT -5
Another cool thing about the dino-bird connection is Emus. Emus don't have wings, just small arms with a single finger that they can't move at all, so if you strip away all of the Emus feathers then they look like beaked dinosaurs.
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Post by Celexa Bliss on Oct 23, 2022 18:18:29 GMT -5
Dinosaurs? Cool.
Animorphs: In The Time Of Dinosaurs? Not cool at all.
And now you know.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
It's Just a Ride
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Oct 23, 2022 18:47:24 GMT -5
Another cool thing about the dino-bird connection is Emus. Emus don't have wings, just small arms with a single finger that they can't move at all, so if you strip away all of the Emus feathers then they look like beaked dinosaurs. LANGUAGE warning. |
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Post by HMARK Center on Oct 23, 2022 19:27:15 GMT -5
I had an endless array of dinosaur books, toys, and tapes as a kid, so I'll just keep posting stuff like this forever, basically.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 23, 2022 22:49:17 GMT -5
I had an endless array of dinosaur books, toys, and tapes as a kid, so I'll just keep posting stuff like this forever, basically. That's a blast from the past lol I still occasionally have the piano tune from the Dinosaur Dozen randomly enter my brain even, like, 25 years later |
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Oct 24, 2022 1:01:00 GMT -5
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Post by Cvslfc123 on Oct 24, 2022 5:42:40 GMT -5
As someone who loved dinosaurs as a kid, seeing a Cassowary for the first time at Prague zoo in June was one of the coolest moments of my life.
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Nosnorb
El Dandy
Nachos and Fraggle Rock are TIMELESS.
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Post by Nosnorb on Oct 24, 2022 9:24:55 GMT -5
Another cool thing about the dino-bird connection is Emus. Emus don't have wings, just small arms with a single finger that they can't move at all, so if you strip away all of the Emus feathers then they look like beaked dinosaurs. Wouldn't it just look like an Emu after all it's feathers had been plucked? All of the Maniraptoriformes (the clade that includes birds and the most bird like dinosaurs) had feathers, and one family, the Alvarezsauridae, actually had small arms with one claw and the other two fingers were tiny.  |
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