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  • PeasPeas Registered User regular
    edited October 2016
    It's kinda hard to imagine the trex quacking like a duck

    Peas on
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    This will be here until I receive an apology or Weedlordvegeta get any consequences for being a bully
  • BeastehBeasteh THAT WOULD NOT KILL DRACULARegistered User regular
    Remember Dinotopia, that was the shit

  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    I'm still not sure why Dinotopia wasn't the most popular book/movie/toy line in the 90s. That shit was tight, and they never made it out of the library.

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  • BlankZoeBlankZoe Registered User regular
    Jedoc wrote: »
    I'm still not sure why Dinotopia wasn't the most popular book/movie/toy line in the 90s. That shit was tight, and they never made it out of the library.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinotopia_(miniseries)

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  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I have that book!

    Fixer Restorations -/- Satan's Wish List!!!!
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    I just remember the book then the prints and then the puzzles
    I thought they looked cool and neat but all I could find when I had the money were just display copies

  • chiasaur11chiasaur11 Never doubt a raccoon. Do you think it's trademarked?Registered User regular
    valhalla130 wrote: »
    http://nerdist.com/dinosaurs-didnt-roar-they-cooed-or-quacked-like-ducks-says-new-study/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

    Scientists doing research theorize dinos sounded more like birds than roaring bull elephants and lions.

    Somehow, this feels relevant.

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    Why I fear the ocean.
  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    We almost missed International Dinosaur Month, motherfuckers. Read some books. Also, read this book. Turns out brontosaurus is back, so if anyone gives you any of that "it's just an apatosaurus" shit you push them right down into a mud puddle.

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    READ A BOOK READ A BOOK READ A MOTHERFUCKING BOOK

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  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
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    Let's continue our discussion of dinosaur feathers and bone structure in a more appropriate arena.

    You know, here.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    Raptors become a lot less terrifying if you imagine them doing this
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42C6ajjqWg
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xiukoaDsG0

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    Still terrifying if they eat you afterwards.

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  • zekebeauzekebeau Registered User regular
    Peas wrote: »
    It's kinda hard to imagine the trex quacking like a duck

    I think a bit deeper of an Eagle screech fits.

  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    zekebeau wrote: »
    Peas wrote: »
    It's kinda hard to imagine the trex quacking like a duck

    I think a bit deeper of an Eagle screech fits.

    And sheer volume.

    Speaking of eagle/dinosaur sounds (13 seconds in)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqYmGOaooaQ

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    Also. Watch this ostritch
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7jC4hHHSQk

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited January 2019
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    Raptors become a lot less terrifying if you imagine them doing this
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o42C6ajjqWg

    Video mislabeled, that is clearly the MC Hammer slide.

    sarukun on
  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

    Sure, but imagine riding a trained cassowary the size of a two story house.
    Fuck yeah, dinosaurs were terrifying and awesome.

  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    edited January 2019
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

    Fiendishrabbit on
    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    edited January 2019
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    You can’t make me.
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

    That really is not better.

    sarukun on
  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    sarukun wrote: »
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

    That really is not better.

    But with increasing accuracy!

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • Undead ScottsmanUndead Scottsman Cybertronian Paranormal Eliminator Registered User regular
    Joolander wrote: »
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

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    That bird is about to fuck somebody up.

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    i like it when they do that beak-clack thing they do. you know, the scary one?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noF-CLNSUZU

    like 40 seconds in or so

    there don't seem to be any videos of any vocalizations though, which i'd be curious to hear.

  • SorceSorce Not ThereRegistered User regular
    That's some lower-key Predator noise, right there.

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    Shoebills make appropriately terrifying vocalizations.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__g6MitLAbM

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    That is a helboar shooting a fucking machine gun.

  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    nosir. i don't like it.

  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    That is some straight up Jurassic Park shit, right there.

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  • ProhassProhass Registered User regular
    edited January 2019
    Undead Scottsman wrote: »
    Joolander wrote: »
    Fiendishrabbit wrote: »
    Metzger Meister wrote: »
    Imagine a cassowary the size of a two story house

    Yeah fuck that no thanks dinosaurs were terrifying

    A being weighing in at 6-15 tons would not be able to kick like a cassowary, and given its small forelimbs it would probably be pretty wary about stomping too. So it's more like a two story shoebill or marabou stork.

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    That bird is about to fuck somebody up.

    No that bird just had your family killed, and is watching as you unwittingly ladle their remains into the exquisitely seasoned soup he had his top chef make for you. He will then seal you in a tomb built under his mansion before moving on to deal with 007

    Prohass on
  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    https://youtu.be/UK-3rlwyKxI

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  • JoolanderJoolander Registered User regular
    Speaking of YDAW, and because you love Carnotaurus so much,
    valhalla130 wrote: »
    And all that is just an excuse to post pics of one of the neatest, weirdest looking predators ever. It looked like a short-nosed tyrannosaur with horns.


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    https://youtu.be/ISjItjSb8lc

  • MayabirdMayabird Pecking at the keyboardRegistered User regular
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    Oh heck yeah dinosaur thread. Watch this modern feathered dinosaur stalking small mammals:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzCK7qrr4-w

    People being like, oh they're feathered that's not scary. Imagine being small and hiding in a hole while some giant with two knives for a mouth is hunting you. Dinosaurs are still big and scary to a lot of creatures.

  • PinfeldorfPinfeldorf Yeah ZestRegistered User regular
    Now if I know anything about blue and tri-colored herons, you're going to want to find them in Bayou Nwa in and around Lakay. I did not know I could use gophers as bait, though.

  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    Is it sad that my mind went to RDR2 when I saw that?

    Also, anyone who thinks feathered birds can't be scary never had to face Gastornis geiselensis.

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  • MayabirdMayabird Pecking at the keyboardRegistered User regular
    I wonder if any dinosaurs back in the day lekked. Lekking is when males all meet in a place to do their mating displays together. The females can observe all the males together and go shopping for a mate.

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    I'm sure at least some of them did. Were there two storey tall dinos meeting in a field somewhere to do big elaborate dances or singing or wing-drumming or all of the above? I bet it would've been magnificent.

  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    edited January 2019
    As far as I'm concerned, based on all the info lately, dinos were just birds without the beaks.

    EDIT: And with tails. Can't forget the tails

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    Sage grouse! Way to make me homesick!

  • valhalla130valhalla130 13 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered User regular
    Here's something I'd never heard of before, the drepanasaur. It was first discovered in 1980, which I consider pretty recent. Apparently, they were arboreal reptiles that had prehensile tails with a claw at the tip, and hunched shoulders.

    From Wikipedia:
    Drepanosaurs (members of the clade Drepanosauromorpha) are a group of strange reptiles that lived between the Carnian and Rhaetian stages of the late Triassic Period, approximately between 230 and 210 million years ago.[1] The various species of drepanosaurid were characterized by odd specialized grasping limbs and often prehensile tails, adaptions for arboreal (tree-dwelling) and/or possibly aquatic lifestyles. Fossils of drepanosaurs have been found in Arizona, New Mexico, New Jersey, Utah, England, and northern Italy. The name is taken from the family's namesake genus Drepanosaurus, which means "sickle lizard", a reference to their strongly curved claws.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drepanosaur

    This also discusses Drepanosaurs.
    https://youtu.be/moxu_uTemNg

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  • FiendishrabbitFiendishrabbit Registered User regular
    After that video my response is that there is no "t" in niche.

    "The western world sips from a poisonous cocktail: Polarisation, populism, protectionism and post-truth"
    -Antje Jackelén, Archbishop of the Church of Sweden
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