>largest land predator in history >among the best sense of smell of any animal >among the best eyesight of any animal >among the strongest bite of any land animal >couldn't run or jump, but could walk as fast as a human can sprint >pinched foot bone for efficient energy usage >"tiny" arms are as large as human arms, but significantly more muscular >looks cool as frick >name is cool as frick >even the fossil bed has a cool name
It would be a mystery if the Tyrant Lizard King from Hell Creek wasn't cool.
Hard to know. There have been a small handful of attempts to show dinosaurs were warm or coldblooded, but the overall conclusion appears to be "Yes." They have features of fast growing, warm-blooded animals, but something is distinctly off. They take about twice as long to mature and often have a very long juvenile stage that homeotherms lack. Overall they have growth curves that basically look like a slow bird.
It seems that basically they were psuedo-warm blooded. Mesothermic.
Like they could increase their body temperature, but not really maintain it like you'd think with a bird or mammal.
they're like dogs, but bigger and with only two legs
big teef
big 'ed
liddle arms
simple as
>largest land predator in history
>among the best sense of smell of any animal
>among the best eyesight of any animal
>among the strongest bite of any land animal
>couldn't run or jump, but could walk as fast as a human can sprint
>pinched foot bone for efficient energy usage
>"tiny" arms are as large as human arms, but significantly more muscular
>looks cool as frick
>name is cool as frick
>even the fossil bed has a cool name
It would be a mystery if the Tyrant Lizard King from Hell Creek wasn't cool.
I feel like early paleontology got really, REALLY lucky regarding T.rex's naming. Imagine if the Manospondylus name got stuck with instead.
Would any dinosaurs be cool if they were pachypodes? Nomenclature is really important. I wish certain modern palaeontologists would realise this.
they're not so cool. They're just overgrown chicken, they're not very fast or very smart
Probably not too fast, but pretty smart for a dinosaur.
A similar non-olfactory neuron count to a modern cat.
>https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.10.575006v2.full.pdf
From this study.
>Um, axchually, T. rex was the smartest dinosaur
I already don't believe this study.
More a result of it just having the biggest head.
Several Hadrosaurs scale the same way.
This thread inspired me to draw a T Rex
Do you like it...
Its fantastic anon. If I had a printer I would put it on the fridge for everyone to see it.
big strong feet with long toes
where are her eyelashes?
where are the feathers????
sexo
Cuz they ain't warm blooded
They actually are
Oh no... You've summoned him.
I don't even know which schizo is talking right now, you're all schizos united by your love/hate of dinosaurs
Brainlett here.
How can we tell if dinosaurs are warm blooded or not? By what evidence?
It was revealed to me in a dream.
Hard to know. There have been a small handful of attempts to show dinosaurs were warm or coldblooded, but the overall conclusion appears to be "Yes." They have features of fast growing, warm-blooded animals, but something is distinctly off. They take about twice as long to mature and often have a very long juvenile stage that homeotherms lack. Overall they have growth curves that basically look like a slow bird.
Nice.
That's not a brainlet question. The exact opposite I'd say
It seems that basically they were psuedo-warm blooded. Mesothermic.
Like they could increase their body temperature, but not really maintain it like you'd think with a bird or mammal.
They aren't related to birds at all so that makes sense