With the recent Jurassic World film, I've been thinking a lot about dinosaurs lately. When I was a kid, I just couldn't get enough of them, and even now, they've always fascinated me. But, I would like to know what, if any, you consider to be your personal favourite amongst the dinosaurs you know of.
Your favourite dinosaur?
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Velociraptor. Yes, I know it's a cliched answer, but I'm been enamoured with them since I saw the original Jurassic Park. Six foot long scaly serial killers or little toothy parrots of death, I don't care. Velociraptors and their variously sized cousins are where it's at.
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Myself, I've always had a soft spot for Allosaurus:
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They were the top land predator of their day, but more streamlined looking than the later Tyrannosaurs and with actual functional arms that could be used to help take down their prey.
They were the top land predator of their day, but more streamlined looking than the later Tyrannosaurs and with actual functional arms that could be used to help take down their prey.
What is it with us liking them when we were kids? I mean it still continue to this day (as in any kids love a dinosaur). Is it we liked a creature we will never see in person?
OT- T Rex or Triceratops. T Rex were big and scary looking while triceratops had the horns.
OT- T Rex or Triceratops. T Rex were big and scary looking while triceratops had the horns.
Ever since I was young, I've always liked the Stegosaurus. Of course, as a kid, I assumed That those back fin things shot out like missiles, and spike tails are always badass yo.
...Actually, I still haven't seen proof that the mighty stego don't have Zoid-esque back missiles. That's my headcanon.
...Actually, I still haven't seen proof that the mighty stego don't have Zoid-esque back missiles. That's my headcanon.
I love the ankylosaurus I also am partial to the archaeopteryx, just because it was the first dinosaur in my books that was feathered from the beginning, so they got something right huh? Seriously though I just thought it was a cool looking creature.Barbas said:The ultimate turtler, the ankylosaurus:
Imagine one of these things rampaging through a branch of Tesco. Brilliant.
It might be too many drinks, but that awesome thing looks like a cross between a phoenix and a harpy.Imperioratorex Caprae said:I love the ankylosaurus I also am partial to the archaeopteryx, just because it was the first dinosaur in my books that was feathered from the beginning, so they got something right huh? Seriously though I just thought it was a cool looking creature.
I take your allo and raise you one spino:JoJo said:Myself, I've always had a soft spot for Allosaurus:
They were the top land predator of their day, but more streamlined looking than the later Tyrannosaurs and with actual functional arms that could be used to help take down their prey.
The older nerd in me wants to say A. fragillimus, one of the sauropods that only has, like, a leg bone or something that has been founs but, if to scale with other dinos, was like the biggest animal of all time at like 150 short tons and almost 200 feet long. Fuck you, blue whale, just a fat kid in the pool- here comes the real king of the playground!
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And then people decided that that wasn't accurate or something, and that it was probably still huge, but nowhere near those dimensions, because science is always taking away my monsters.
But the little kid in me will always love the T-rex. I hated King Kong and anything that had a T-rex defeated in the story- I was a real dino nerd when I was young.
The young me hated the then-emerging popularity of the 'closer to birds' theory. But, you know, I got past it (when it was explained that they weren't really all big chickens, but their own distinct animals and that one strain just happened to eventually become what we know as birds. And I was older).
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And then people decided that that wasn't accurate or something, and that it was probably still huge, but nowhere near those dimensions, because science is always taking away my monsters.
But the little kid in me will always love the T-rex. I hated King Kong and anything that had a T-rex defeated in the story- I was a real dino nerd when I was young.
The young me hated the then-emerging popularity of the 'closer to birds' theory. But, you know, I got past it (when it was explained that they weren't really all big chickens, but their own distinct animals and that one strain just happened to eventually become what we know as birds. And I was older).
Triceratops. I can attribute this to the following:
-In illustrations/fiction, Triceratops was usually portrayed as the de facto foe of the T-Rex, and perhaps the only dinosaur that would stand and fight rather than run. I guess I admired the implied bravery/heroism the dinosaur was portrayed as possessing.
-There's the general structure of the dinosaur. Quadrapedal, but unlike other quadrapeds such as the stegosaurus or brachiosaur family, Triceratops was generally portrayed as being, while not exactly fast, not slow either. That, and it was a walking tank with horns that could give even the T-Rex pause.
-It probably helped that Billy was my favorite power ranger in the Morphin era, and that Cera was my favorite character in 'The Land Before Time'.
-In illustrations/fiction, Triceratops was usually portrayed as the de facto foe of the T-Rex, and perhaps the only dinosaur that would stand and fight rather than run. I guess I admired the implied bravery/heroism the dinosaur was portrayed as possessing.
-There's the general structure of the dinosaur. Quadrapedal, but unlike other quadrapeds such as the stegosaurus or brachiosaur family, Triceratops was generally portrayed as being, while not exactly fast, not slow either. That, and it was a walking tank with horns that could give even the T-Rex pause.
-It probably helped that Billy was my favorite power ranger in the Morphin era, and that Cera was my favorite character in 'The Land Before Time'.
I was a kid in the 90's...a boy in the 90's...a boy who watched Power Rangers in the 90's and a boy who remembered the climax of Jurassic Park in the 90's. So of course my number 1 favorite dinosaur as a kid was the Tyrannosaurus Rex. I'm not even gonna apologize for it; T-Rex is freakin' rad. The thing is, I've grown up a bunch and so have my tastes in prehistoric animals. So at the moment my favorite dino happens to be Liopleurodon and other such sea Dinosaurs;
I also have a huge appreciation and fondness for living fossils like Sharks and Alligators but they're just not Liopleurodon.
I also have a huge appreciation and fondness for living fossils like Sharks and Alligators but they're just not Liopleurodon.
You stole my one. :*(Barbas said:The ultimate turtler, the ankylosaurus:
Imagine one of these things rampaging through a branch of Tesco. Brilliant.
I remember a book I read when I was really young about a young female velociraptor (or similar dinosaur) that wound up tangling with an ankylosaur. It kicked her ass. The illustrator wasn't shy about showing a bit of blood.
Somthing similar but a bit more aerodynamic. Scutellosaurus.
I would ride it to the shops. I imagine it ran around and ate undergrowths like a kangaroo. You know the way they lean forward on their palms, sometimes?
*Sigh*...Now that's the sort of Infantry Fighting Vehicle we can but dream of.Headsprouter said:You stole my one. :*(
I remember a book I read when I was really young about a young female velociraptor (or similar dinosaur) that wound up tangling with an ankylosaur. It kicked her ass. The illustrator wasn't shy about showing a bit of blood.
Somthing similar but a bit more aerodynamic. Scutellosaurus.
I would ride it to the shops.
Also, I just noticed that in my inbox, the ankylosaurus pokes out of the borders of the quote box in an unintended but cool 3D effect. Radical ass-kickng pose.