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.
Troodon. Little dudes that were thought to be smart, formed communities, had weird teeth, and have been the cause of multiple controversies over classification or existing at all. So, tiny trouble makers.
Plus this dude in the hat
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!
Heck yeah! !Ankmemes@sh.itjust.works is calling
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.
The Tyrrell is exactly the museum I’m after. Thank you for the further recommendations!
I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.
Just wait until you hear about
StyrofoamosaurusStyracosaurus!Unicorns are even lower on the list then?
Yes, and lets not get started on regular horses.
Still beats the stupid long horse…
You gave the correct answer. Done.
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.
Any dead one. They are f-ing dangerous.
Sauropods because BIG
But really, I mean look at those things!! They traveled together in herds and the size of them meant that as they walked, the strata of the earth was fucking shuffled. How cool is that???
Stegosaurus. Back plates, tail spikes, and dat thick booty.
I like stego because they had 2 brains. A tiny one in the head and a larger one mid spine.
I have this feeling that Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic park, fucking hated the Stegosaurus. Every time it comes up in the book he shit talks it relentlessly for being stupid, clumsy, and wholly incapable of self preservation.
Cool, more reasons to like my steggy boi.
I’m younger than he would be and we were taught that stegosaurs were so dumb they had to have a second brain in their spine to run their ass end.
Which turns out to likely be entirely made up.
That’s the point! :) Crichton never got updated it seems. In retrospect, it’s kinda hard to believe they were dumber than cows or chickens. No large animal could survive being as dumb as they were made out.
This thread is the best booster-pack.
Steggy sore ass
Yer mum
Spinosaurus.
Because it stymies paleontologists seemingly every time one of them tries to figure it out.
Jurassic Park III was where I first noticed them and started learning. One of the scarier dinosaurs from any of those movies.
Iguanodon. Also known as the Bro-asaurus.
Chicken ofc 🍗
