Spyke
lemmy.world

Cassoway = Velociraptors if they could also fly short distances.
Though fortunately generally non-aggressive unless you piss them off.

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Swedneckreply
discuss.tchncs.de

pretty sure velociraptors were actually smaller lmao, more along the size of turkeys

cassowaries are significantly scarier than velociraptors would have been.

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You should hear the sound they make. Thumping bass that you feel as much as you hear it.

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You S.O.B!

I just tried to find more info, and now I feel bad about myself...

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kata1ystreply
sh.itjust.works

100% they absolutely were.

Give geneticists 20 years, we'll have lab grown T-Rex in the grocery store

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sopuli.xyz

I suspect T-Rex (like carnivores in general) isn't such a good choice if meat is your goal. Sauropods on the other hand? Tons and tons of meat from a single herbivore animal. You might even be able to use existing cattle feed.

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Well that's true if you have a live animal producing your meat. Not sure that applies if the meat is lab grown though?

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At the point where we're making lab-grown dinosaur meat, I suspect the cool factor is way more important than silly things like efficiency. T-Rex meat all the way babyyy

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Great, can't wait to hear beards gatekeep ancient flavor.

"T-Rex is soooo gamey. I prefer Diplodocus veal" "Have you tried pteranodon wings? Like buffalo wings from real buffalo"

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Or the ribs that are so good that you order them knowing you're gonna have to flip your car back on its wheels when you're done.

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i'd imagine they'd largely taste like wild turkey/alligator, since that's basically what they were and how they lived.

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lemmy.world

I just need to know which one would be best with stuffing and gravy for Thanksgiving.

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Forget the turducken. This year we're having brachiotyranotriceradilophovelociturducken.

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lemmy.world

The whole "dinosaurs having feathers makes them less scary" line of thought is kinda silly.

If you stick a pink bow and glitter on a knife, it doesn't become any leas deadly, plus good luck getting that glitter out of your wounds if you do make it to the "I need to get that glitter out of my wounds" stage.

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(Potentially) [NSFW] ::: spoiler Tap for spoiler :::

Edit: This one's been floating around the net for long enough that I'd forgotten what the feathery chap in the back left was up to!

Hidden behind a spoiler for those who don't want to see an owl swallowing an entire rat(!)

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mander.xyz

Owls really are basically cats.

Ps, pls put a NSFW on it haha. I don't mind but others will.

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Good call - not sure you can tag images in comments as NSFW (to get the auto-blur), but I've hidden it in spoiler tags.

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lemmy.world

Birds don’t just look like dinosaurs they are dinosaurs, scientifically speaking.

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I had to try this out loud, those are too many letters for so little syllables. But it does work.

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lemmynsfw.com

When did and why did dinosaurs go from giant fangs to beaks? Or are reptiles more direct descendants of those dinosaurs

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Fangs are still pretty rare in reptiles. Most lizards have basically some form of serrated beak.

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