I like dinosaurs, do you like dinosaurs?

Post Reply New Topic

Trisarotops!

Dinosaurs used to be my world when I was younger.
It was certainly an obsession to me.
Paleontology was the language I spoke.
And I was 6 or 7 years old.
Over time, my intense interest waned; I think in part due to actual discouragement I received from my family. I always said that I wanted to be a paleontologist when I grew up. They basically said that I shouldn't waste my time, because whenever I got around to it, all the dinosaur bones would have been dug up!!

I still do love all things prehistoric.

Of course, it was my first ever obsession. I remember even in high-school I had a book and I'd memorize like 100 dinosaur names. I had dreamed of becoming a paleontologist when I grew up. Only to realize most of what they did was study bones, and I wasn't interested in that.

I've watched all the animated dinosaur documentaries, I think their are at least 3. And I knew a lot of the creatures featured in them, even some of the fish.

Also you guys will love this game http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs/bigalgame/ I've played it so many times. I've gone to everyplace on the map thats not deadly and gained my maximum weight. It is very sad that the dinosaur fact files are gone though, they were awesome.

And it is about time they release a jurassic park IV, and non of that family reunion, stupid people who don't know anything about dinosaurs like on III.

Also the game jurassic park operation genesis for xbox was fun, I'd love to just let a bunch of velociraptor's loose with lots of people, and pick a random guy to follow around and see how long he stayed alive. I'm evil lol.

I like stegosaurus and T-Rex. I love going to the museum and looking at the bones. Sometimes I think I might want to hunt for dinosaur bones.

greg paul isnt a paleontologist, as far as i know. hes an eccentric, who knows enough about dinosaurs, to write several books about them, and become an authority on the subject. but he is self-tought. im pretty sure about it.

My favourite dinosaurs are Stegosaurus, Ornithomimus, Brontosaurus, and of course T. rex. I think the BBC documentary "Walking with Dinousaurs" was one of the coolest programs ever! William Stout's "The Dinosaurs" (with lovely Art Deco-style illustrations) is one of my favourite books, and there's a really great pop-up book about dinosaurs from National Geographic by John Sibbick, John Strejan and James Roger Diaz.

I must admit, I'd be much less afraid of a velociraptor than a black bear.

And black bears aren't something to be feared, generally.

Loved them as a kid. I was a big fan of the Plesiosaurs.

Hmmm, maybe not at the professional level, but he certainly has done some really interesting studies on bird origins and well thought up ideas contributing to dinosaurian paleontology, and changed the way dinosaurs should be artistically restored, and he was the first, if I'm not mistaken, to restore ceolurosaurs with feathers prior to the discovery of Sinosauropteryx prima and other Yixian theropods. I like that he has spoken against Feduccia and other detractors who don't know how to use proper scientific method for bird origins. I would be very gratified if he decides to write another book on dinosaurs someday, especially with new paleoart of his.

you need to meet my son. he is a walking encyclopedia when it comes to dinosaurs. when we go to the smithsonian natural history museum by our house, he can point them out just by looking at the fossils. even the rare ones. i know the one you're speaking about my favorite is the troodon.

no, they never return money they owe you!

yes, what makes greg such a "worshipped" guy, is that he decided to "begin from 0", kinda like charles r knight. in fact, i think he has cited charles knight as an inspiration. knight was the first known illustrator, to give dinosaurs a "living" look, he made them stand UP, not crawl, he made them run, jump and fight. one famous painting, of two fighting "laelaps" show them as vicious cats, going at each others. this was totally contradictory to the lumbering-fatsoe image earlyer.

greg took it a step further, and was the first one to strip the dinoaurs down to the bare skeleton, and add muscles and tissue, and STOP there. the tradition was: add muscle, tissue and some tradition.
greg dropped "tradition" and so, you got these truly animal-like dinosaurs, which sortof makes sense
sauropods got a anatomically suitable elephant stance, instead of the physically straining crocodile pose, etc.
i'd say greg simply had the guts to start from 0, and go against "tradition". when he looked at his finished drawing of a tyrannosaur, and thought "jesus, this looks like a naked chicken w a lizard-tail" he didnt try to correct it, in shame, but published it nonetheless.

If Velociraptor really did hunt in packs, as current theories suggest, I'd probably wet my pants at the sight of one of them - knowing that there were others right behind it would make me really afraid they were going to rush me and stab me to death with those big talons

the oslo museum has everything labelled as "sp", even the tyrannosaurus, if im not mistaken. but its seriously lame, it takes NO effort to figure out their complete names, and its stupid to pretend that they are undetermined. they got the a cast if the type specimen of paralophosaurus there, it shouldnt be hard to attach a correct species indication.

i emailed them, and they replied something along the lines of not being arsed to change the labels

Well, scary as a pack of death-turkeys may be, you'd be hard pressed to find any such behavior among modern archosaurs, and it has been suggested indeed that what appears to be pack behavior is really just the result of mobbing. See here.

OMIGAWD!

I found it! I used to love this documentary when I was little (like, really little). Skip to 7:00 to see a struthiomimus get what's coming to him from some deinonychus (or to 6:20 to see why it's coming to him).
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkgr2kKnmH4[/youtube]
So badass