asklemmy·AsklemmybyEuraru If you could be any dinosaur in the world, what would you be and why?View original on lemmy.world13Comments13Reply
CCandelestine lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesAlways picked ankylosaurus. The idea of being heavily armored and bashing things with a club was appealing.5Reply
southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) replysh.itjust.worksI knew there would be at least one right thinking person :)2Reply
Euraru lemmy.worldOk look it's kinda cliche but I'd want to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex because, well, look at it! It's a classic example of an apex predator especially one in prehistoric times. Also I grew up watching MMPR and Walking with Dinosaurs.3Reply
Sammy rammy.siteI’d be the dinosaur that chose on accident at age 8 and has been my favorite ever since: Parasaurolophus3Reply
xbhaktapur lemmy.worldTriceratops or Stegosaurus. Triceratops because of the cool three horns. Stegosaurus because of the mohawk.2Reply
CeruleanRuin lemmy.one1Hide 1 replyWhat this question boils down to for true pedants like me: https://www.quora.com/If-you-were-a-bird-what-type-of-bird-would-you-want-to-be-Would-you-rather-be-a-pet-or-a-wild-bird2Reply
PPerhyte replylemmy.worldIndeed, I would also prefer to be one of the non-dead ones. Bonus: you get to fly^1^. ^1^: Unless you pick an ostrich, penguin, or other flightless species.1Reply
Frater Mus lemmy.sdf.orgNot a dinosaur, but: trilobite, so people would celebrate me with cookies1Reply
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I'd be dead.
Always picked ankylosaurus. The idea of being heavily armored and bashing things with a club was appealing.
I am reminded of this Far Side cartoon
Fun Fact: Paleontologists actually call it that.
I knew there would be at least one right thinking person :)
Ok look it's kinda cliche but I'd want to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex because, well, look at it! It's a classic example of an apex predator especially one in prehistoric times.
Also I grew up watching MMPR and Walking with Dinosaurs.
I’d be the dinosaur that chose on accident at age 8 and has been my favorite ever since: Parasaurolophus
Ankylosaurus
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Unfathomably based.
Triceratops or Stegosaurus.
Triceratops because of the cool three horns.
Stegosaurus because of the mohawk.
What this question boils down to for true pedants like me: https://www.quora.com/If-you-were-a-bird-what-type-of-bird-would-you-want-to-be-Would-you-rather-be-a-pet-or-a-wild-bird
Indeed, I would also prefer to be one of the non-dead ones.
Bonus: you get to fly^1^.
^1^: Unless you pick an ostrich, penguin, or other flightless species.
Not a dinosaur, but: trilobite, so people would celebrate me with cookies