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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    Omg lol. Dinosaur scientists have been extinct for like hundreds of years.

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      At least!

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        Millions of hundreds, some of them!

    • MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world
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      Are you sure? I opened up YouTube yesterday and saw a dinasour right there.

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    Op… Share the answer as well…

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      If it’s strong enough to throw an F-150, that dino is fucked. Also, we barely know what lived in upland and interior environments, so who knows what adaptations they had. Most dinosaur fossils come from lowland settings near rivers and coasts where rapid burial was likely. There are whole ecosystems we’ve basically never sampled.

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        There are whole ecosystems we’ve basically never sampled.

        This drives me crazy. Along with the fact that we’ll probably never know about the various colors and fleshy structures that these animals had.

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          Or what they taste like if you serve them with a side salad

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            We know for a fact that at least one dinosaur tastes like chicken.

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              Every dinosaur I’ve ever eaten has tasted fowl.

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            If it makes you feel better, you can eat my salad

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            Nothing stopping you from eating what’s left

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              And people doubt the hypercarnivore theory.

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          They’ve actually started figuring out some colours believe it or not. I’ll see if I can dig it up… Edit:

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_coloration

          There’s a decent video on that page too.

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        Yeah I was gonna say, one of the defining features of the large sauropods was a low body density due to the air sacks in their huge necks and hollow bones. Those adaptations were likely required to achieve their size. So you have a really big animal with relatively low density and high surface area, that thing is going right up into the sky and getting smashed to bits when it lands.

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        Oh I never really thought about the fossil record being sedimentary, this largely aquatic and adjacent environments.

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        clearly this means there were sauropods with wings, who evolved to use tornadoes for transportation

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        You just do a quick laydown and tuck your head under your arms, and find a bit of dirt to hide behind.

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    Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.

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      …yes. but I also straight up didn’t notice this was a screenshot from reddit until I read your comment.

      I certainly care about sources, but far less when it comes to shitposting.

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      I’m a late Lemmy joining only after the blackout cos fuck reddit and fuck spez.

      And you know what Lemmy is better.

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    It never occurred to me that dinosaurs would have to deal with tornados. Huh…weird

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    Like these poor giraffes, I guess 🥺https://youtu.be/zX5cJJ8CyEw

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    Old steam locomotive learned to fly in a tornado

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