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1/3 of dinosaurs might go bye-bye..

Jul 23, 2011#1

@Li3n

And it's all because of our age old enemy, puberty...

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/10/30_dino_demise.shtml

Jul 23, 2011#2

Ravenpoe

That report is two years old.

Breaking news?

Jul 23, 2011#3

Dave

You're not my real dad, Thog!

Jul 23, 2011#4

@Li3n

Ravenpoe said:
That report is two years old.

So was it posted before?

Jul 23, 2011#5

makare

I hope my favorite dinosaur isn't on the chop list

Jul 23, 2011#6

strawman

makare said:
I hope my favorite dinosaur isn't on the chop list

If it is, you'll merely learn that it was a adult/child version of another existing dino. It won't cease to exist, but its name might change.

And if you only loved it for its name, then your love was but a wisp and a dream anyway.

:awesome:

Jul 23, 2011#7

makare

If you were an alien from another planet and you thought children were their own species and that thought they were wonderful only to find out they were just the earlier stage of adults, wouldn't you be a little disappointed?

Jul 23, 2011#8

strawman

makare said:
If you were an alien from another planet and you thought children were their own species and that thought they were wonderful only to find out they were just the earlier stage of adults, wouldn't you be a little disappointed?

It would depend entirely on how delicious they were.

Jul 23, 2011#9

North_Ranger

So what's your favourite dino, Mak?

Jul 23, 2011#10

makare

Ankylosaurus http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/ankylosaurus.html

Jul 23, 2011#11

strawman

Ooooh, good choice. I like that one a lot.

Jul 23, 2011#12

Ravenpoe

makare said:
Ankylosaurus http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/ankylosaurus.html

We are soul mates!

Jul 23, 2011#13

Shegokigo

Go big, or go home!

Jul 23, 2011#14

Frankie Williamson

That scene in Jurassic Park 3 where that thing wrenched free of the T-Rex's bite (a bite believed powerful enough to pick up and crush a semi trailer) and broke his neck made me mad. HE HAD HIS JAWS ON HIM!! THAT FIGHT WAS OVER!
Added at: 15:15
That scene in Jurassic Park 3 where that thing wrenched free of the T-Rex's bite (a bite believed powerful enough to pick up and crush a semi trailer) and broke his neck made me mad. HE HAD HIS JAWS ON HIM!! THAT FIGHT WAS OVER!

Jul 23, 2011#15

Chad Sexington

Maybe it was just a love bite. T-Rex is all "RAAAAWRAAAAAARWW!*" and Spinosaurus is like "RAAAAAAUGHARUUUU!**"

*Come back baby, I'm sorry
**Fuck you!

Jul 23, 2011#16

Tiq

makare said:
Ankylosaurus http://dsc.discovery.com/dinosaurs/ankylosaurus.html

My favourite too.

Jul 23, 2011#17

Hailey Knight

Shegokigo said:
Go big, or go home!

That's what she said?

Jul 23, 2011#18

makare

Ravenpoe said:
We are soul mates!

Yay!

Jul 23, 2011#19

Vagabond

Frankie Williamson said:
Jurassic Park 3.....made me mad

Yes.

Jul 23, 2011#20

Hailey Knight

Tyrannosaurus and Spinosaurus time periods were divided by over 40 million years. They could never have fought.

...I was an asshole kid; I'd go up to my dad's friends with two dinosaur toys, one huge, one small, and ask which would win. When they'd say the bigger one, I'd say nope, trick question, they were alive in different time periods. Dad said his friends wanted to kill me.

Side-note: dinosaurs are so awesome. Titanosaur at 82 feet. 82 fucking feet. Stand out in the parking lot and visual that. I gotta get back to the Natural History Museum on one of my next NYC trips.

Jul 23, 2011#21

makare

Would that fact even matter? When I am asked questions like that I just assue some kind of transreality situation where two things would come together.

Jul 23, 2011#22

Hailey Knight

makare said:
Would that fact even matter? When I am asked questions like that I just assue some kind of transreality situation where two things would come together.

Right, but I was 6.

Asshole 6.

Jul 24, 2011#23

Officer_Charon

@QP: I was the same way... that, and people would ask "What do you want to be when you grow up?" "A paleontologist!" "That's..... nice.... (what's a paleontologist?)"

Trolling adults still hasn't gotten old, BTW... *evil grin*

Jul 25, 2011#24

Adammon

Real Facts: I just went to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller this summer (For like the 6th time in my life) and it never gets old

The fact they have one of the best T-rex skeletons in existence on display is amazing. That said, they did also used to have a brachiosaurus display as well if I remember correctly but it looks like they ran out of space and replaced it with a bunch of maiasaurs and ceratopsians. The fact that they have their preservation workspaces opened up to the public is just awesome as well - catch them at a good time and you can see them hard at work pulling those fossils out of the rocks. Very neat.

Jul 25, 2011#25

SpecialKO

Shegokigo said:

Why is he walking on water? :confused:

The biblical implications of that drawing are...interesting...

Jul 25, 2011#26

makare

Shegokigo said:

Sue is from south dakota. Booya sodak.

Jul 25, 2011#27

evilmike

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