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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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[–] Boozilla@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

This post made me think of Napoleon Dynamite for some reason. And I loved that movie.

I've always been partial to the Spinosaurus. Ain't no cowboy gonna ride ol' spiney.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ain’t no cowboy gonna ride ol’ spiney.

"Semiaquatic dinosaur rodeo" is an underappreciated theme. Maybe we'll see it in the next Jurassic Park.

[–] ClanOfTheOcho@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Should be a band's name

[–] Makeitstop@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Ain’t no cowboy gonna ride ol’ spiney.

Ark players: Hold my beer.