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What is your favorite dinosaur? (sopuli.xyz)

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After a certain age people stop asking you what your favorite dinosaur is, and I think that's sad.

My current one's the Anchiornis, because it's in the same clade as birds so it's in their family tree, and it really looks like a prototype of a bird. It had 4 wings for example, but it already looked very birb-y:

(Figured I'd just turn an earlier comment into an actual post because why not)

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[-] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 52 points 4 months ago

Ankylosaurus! Tail club, armor plates, what's not to love?

[-] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 42 points 4 months ago

Ah yes, when nature went "what if tank?":

[-] lennybird@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

My daughter is obsessed with dinosaurs right now and this is my go-to favorite, too. Hers was Parasaurolophus but now is back to T-Rex lol.

[-] Pheral@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Came here to say Parasaurolophus. Apparently one well-preserved specimen allowed scientists to take a stab at what it sounded like... I wish I could hear what the soundscape was like 65 million years (or more) ago! https://piped.video/watch?v=QtpSOpUDCb8

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

HAHA YES!

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

BONK

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

Me as a kid, as I also loved turtles. This was the time when dinosaurs saw turtles and said 'hold my beer.'

[-] Boozilla@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

He's a handsome lad.

[-] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Fun fact: the nubs on the tail club are called osteoderms and the tail spikes on a stegosaurus is called a thagomizer.

[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Yep, my favorite as well.

It just doesn't get any cooler than a literal living tank.

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

!ankmemes@sh.itjust.works could use more content from fellow Ankthusiasts!

[-] LittleTarsier@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Same. I think it's because of the movie "Dinosaur". I love Url

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