Naturally, it’s Ankylosaurus. Just look at this armoured tactical turtle and tell me you do not love this silly little guy!
Just wanting to eat his plants. Wanna gnaw on him? Tough luck, it hurts and you cannot crack that shell. Also, he will fucking break your kneecaps with his built-in hammer while you’re bothering him.
Spirit animal.
Dinosaurs aren’t real.
Found the conspiracy theorist…
They used to be real. But they aren’t real now.
Birds still exist. They are the direct descendants of a clade of theropods, and are therefore dinosaurs.
Birds aren’t real.
But cassowaries!
Spinosaurus.
Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.
Mh … either chicken or great tits.
Just discovered postosuchus, which is a bipedal croc and as an Aussie I’m obliged to love crocodiles. What? It isn’t a dinosaur?
Postosuchus is terrifying. Imagine a 20 ft (6 m) alligator with long legs that can run long distances. They think it might have even run upright on its hind legs. Alas, not a dinosaur
As a fellow suchus enjoyed may I introduce the quinkana, a land crocodile that chased land mammals, would have lived along side komodo dragons and would’ve been seen by indigenous Australians
Therazinosaurus. What even is this thing? Look at this big pokey boi:
They’re so doofy. I love them.
I grew up with this even weirder reconstruction:
For a second I thought you’re saying that you grew up with this guy lol
Yeah, we had a Spanish class together in 9th grade.
Tickle chicken!! This guy is my favorite second only to true dilophosaur which was much larger than the Jurassic park depiction and probably didn’t have the frill or acid spit because it was the largest predator in it’s area.
You gave the correct answer. Done.
Chicken ofc 🍗
Stegosaurus. Cant beat the classic. Though Iguanodon is close second.
Stegosaurus is pretty great, I was always a fan of them, especially their thagomizers.
There is a company called Stego Industries that has a Stegosaurus as their logo. Sounds cool, right? Wrong! They are awful. They make plastic liners that go below concrete slabs, so under the whole building. STEGOSAURUS MEANS ROOF LIZARD!!! The only construction product worthy of the Stego name should be shingles >:[
Faith in everything destroyed.
There any love here for Icthyosaurus?
Just looks like a big derpy lemony shaped dolphin, with a snoot that 76% more boopable.
Very awesome animals, but I don’t think these are technically dinos.
Mine is Triceratops, they look cool with their horns and frill. They were cool because they could defend themselves from T-Rex in the books.
Protoceratops because I am completely convinced they would be cool hanging out on the couch, playing fetch, and otherwise acting like a dinosaur house pet.
Triceratops. The only thing wrong with rhinos is that it has too few horns and not enough armor plating.
There was a monoceratops. Hell, there were ceratopsians who didn’t have horns at all.
Quetzalcoatlus. Technically it isn’t a dinosaur but that makes it - and me accordingly - even more special.
Same. Giraffe-sized flying nightmare with the wingspan of a Cessna that can swallow you whole. Hell yeah.
Hell yeah, Ankylosaurus! That little doom wagon has been my favorite since I was a little kid!
Really surprised to see that he inspired the post to begin with, as most people don’t know what it is!
Ankies rock! Check out this mummified then petrified Nodosaur (a type of Ankylosaur)
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mummified-armored-dinosaur-makes-its-debut-1-180963311/
It is so INSANE they found this. Just the astronomical odds of everything coming together like that…
Agreed. It’s mind blowing
I am glad I showed it to my mother before she died. Because I was like, “they found a fucking dinosaur, LOOK AT IT!”, and she was like “Holy shit!”.
Heck yeah! Borealopelta in the house!!! Have you seen this in person? I was thoroughly intimidated! It was like looking at a dragon or something. So cool!
I have not been up to Alberta yet. I’ve been wanting to take my son
The Tyrrell has some fantastic displays! Their Tyrannosaur section really makes you empathize with the Jurassic Park lawyer. Black Beauty is particularly magnificent. I highly recommend the town of Drumheller as well. Lots of wacky dino statues around town. They lean heavily into the motif.
Heck yeah! !Ankmemes@sh.itjust.works is calling
I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.
Unicorns are even lower on the list then?
Yes, and lets not get started on regular horses.
Just wait until you hear about
StyrofoamosaurusStyracosaurus!
