Now listen, a giant bird would still be hella intimidating. Even a smol bird, when angered, can and will draw blood
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some people just havent been chased by a chicken, duck or anything similar, so they think dinosaurs having feathers would make them less scary
Ive seen what a flock of chickens can do to a racoon, I know damned well if they were any bigger theyd eat me.
Birds are tiny knife airplanes.
That's why I always compliment the sparrows.
Scientists: no evidence that dinosaurs did not have pubes
not sure if it counts, but there are some fossils that show exactly how dinosaurs sat, and im pretty sure there was nothing resembling pubes on the butt part
They probably shaved
There never was any evidence they were scavengers and numerous fossil examples that T. Rex did infact hunt large herbivores for food. The most notable being a T. Rex's tooth found in a hadrosaur's spine, and the wound showed signs of healing meaning the hadrosaur was alive when it was bit and survived the encounter.
"We not only have a broken-off tooth embedded in the bone of another animal, but the bone has healed over the wound, and a nasty wound it was too," said David Burnham at Palm Beach Museum of Natural History in Florida. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/jul/15/t-rex-tooth-embedded-prey-dinosaur
Other evidence includes fossilized footprints suggesting a group of T. Rex of differing ages stalking their prey. This isn't to say the T. Rex wouldn't take advantage of a dead animal and opportunistically scavenge, as any large predator will today, but this probably wasn't their primary means of getting food.
and also there is no evidence of feathers, but it is very probable they had some, like just small filaments on top of their heads and necks or something similar. There are some Trex skin impressions, but theyre all on parts where there wouldnt be feathers anyway
That's all very interesting, but I can't get past the socks with sandals. T-Rex is dead to me.
Gen alpha is trying to get everyone to wear socks with sandals
As a millennial, it will always be a no. It will forever have a Middle Aged Maths Teacher on Holiday vibe to it for me.
Meh, middle aged math's teacher sounding like a solid reliable job right now. Nothing to shy from.
Also, I've put on some Birkenstocks with wool socks before. I feel no shame for it. It's comfy.
Definitely not gatekeeping other folks wearing them, I just couldn't without my grade 9 maths teacher popping into my head.
would have to start with socks that are split between the big toe and the index? toe, like a ninja, for starters.. but even then still not comfortable or safe. might as well wear crocs or slippers.
I typically hand grown adults wearing crocs a card with the suicide hotline number on it because it clearly a desperate cry for help.
I think gen alpha has become increasingly aware of foot fetishes so they avoid showing their feet. I have a 15 year old and she never wears open toe shoes in public.
Well that explains why Quentin wants to retire after his next film.
well gen alpha are babies, 15 year olds are gen z
but also yeah society is getting more puritan and it’s bad
I very much agree that it's related to the recent extreme sexualization of feet
I don't get it... Feet are gross.
For some that is also an extra fetish on top
Nah, they're just there
they wore socks with crocs???
Don't try to convince me that a 12 meters long, 8 tons heavy cassowary with mouth full of >20 cm long teeth and eyes that have better visual acuity than hawks or eagles, being able to see you from 6 km away, while also having excellent sense of smell, is not scary.
Fluffy or not, I wouldn't want to be closer than about 10 km to a hungry Tyrannosaurus.
That's why they died out.
Everyone knows socks 'n' crocs are superior