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Make dinosaurs weirder (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 3 days ago (13 children)

So tired of this meme, especially in a science themed sub. It's just wrong and thusly promotes disinformation because it takes seconds to read a meme like this and move on without question. Meanwhile it takes (comparitavely) ages to actually research how fossils are reconstructed. If people even think to research it in the first place, because, hey, it's in a science-based sub, right??

Remember kids, the best memes are those based on truth 😎

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (9 children)

ok, but can we make fun of old "skin wrapping" reconstructions?

because for most people, Jurassic park are still their standard version of dinosaur reconstitution.

[–] whyNotSquirrel 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

so, what is the other reconstitution?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

feathers, more chonky, appropriate colours...

not just reptile dragon monsters

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Feathers and colours? Dinosaurs must have looked absolutely FABULOUS!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

you say it as a joke, but look at the non extinct dinosaurs we have today,

most birds are indeed much more flamboyant than Jurassic park dinosaurs

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 days ago

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Something that stands out to me is how the most colorful creatures are good at evasion. Birds and bugs flying or reef creatures have hiding holes. Other colorful life tends to be toxic.

For this reason I doubt the huge species had color that stood out from their environment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Prehistoric Planet, I say as an amateur. But from what little I read about it it's pretty alright apparently, and most of the 'wrong/we're not sure about this bit' things are listed on the wiki afaik.

Of course there's much more scientific depth possible than a TV show, but it's a start towards recreating the common notion of what dinosaurs may have looked like.

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