Dinosaurs / Prehistoric monsters

[FogBlueInSanFran]

As a kid, I loved dinosaurs. I grew up in the San Francisco bay area - and some of my favorite memories were that of visiting the San Francisco Exploratorium. So many fascinating displays - and dinosaurs!!!

My parents purchased some delightful toy dinosaurs for me and my siblings to play with - T. Rex (of course!), Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Brontosaurus and others.

Later in life I became fascinated with mass extinction events. And my favorite extinct animal shifted from T. Rex, to the Gorgonopsia - fearsome top predators and mammal precursors predating dinosaurs. Likely they were intelligent, thoughtful but aggressive beings - killed off by the Permian-Triassic extinction event - likely due to runaway volcanic activity.

I actually don’t remember the dinos at the Exploratorium. I remember those guys who were dissecting a cow’s eye, and me jumping up and down in that strobe light room where it left your shadow on the wall.

But if you’re interested in mass extinction events, I suggest you check out the aggregate transfer value of everyone on Utd’s roster.

 

[PinkFinal]

The top 20 dinosaur movies – rrraaaanked!

With Jurassic World Dominion out next month, we run through the best prehistoric pictures. You know what’s No 1 – or do you?

www.theguardian.com

 

[SPIDERBOY]

Imagine a sky full of these mofos

Flying reptile: Remains of scary prehistoric creature discovered - BBC News

There was one of them fuckers next to my pond,trying to get the fish out the other day.

 

[Resurrection Joe...]

Dinosaurs in space.
I see a movie in that.
Surely Hollywood have been there already.

I think ALIEN touched on this..

 

[PinkFinal]

Europe's 'largest ever' land dinosaur found on Isle of Wight

University of Southampton palaeontologists identify the remains of a dinosaur measuring 32ft.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

T-Rex is my favourite.

 

[PinkFinal]

This is ace
Poor dinosaurs

 

[Ja Salford Blue]

I thought this was a thread about Eccles town centre on a Friday night

 

[mccity]

In the time before dinosaurs we had giant insects and arthropods. Would be horrifying to see them today.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

Enjoy it mate. It'll be drugs, wanking and irresponsible driving before you know it ;-)

Is that for him or his grandson

 

[uncle fester]

There used to be one around Rusholme that survived by eating all the left overs from all the places along the curry mile
think it was called a Megasorarse

 

[PinkFinal]

 

[Tommy_Catons_Perm]

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for 165 million years and went extinct 65 million years ago.

Anatomically modern humans have been on earth for just 300,000 years and we have ruined it. Doubt we'll get anywhere close to 165 million years.

 

[PinkFinal]

Two-clawed dinosaur species discovered in Gobi Desert

Duonychus is one of the few species of theropod dinosaur that evolved two-fingered hands.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[PinkFinal]

‘Dragon prince’ dinosaur discovery 'rewrites' T.rex family tree

The dinosaur skeletons, found hidden in a museum collection in Mongolia, is an ancestor of the mighty tyrannosaurs.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Bill Walker]

Dinosaurs ruled the earth for 165 million years and went extinct 65 million years ago.

Anatomically modern humans have been on earth for just 300,000 years and we have ruined it. Doubt we'll get anywhere close to 165 million years.

Keith Richards will probably still be alive though.

 

[dickie davies]

As a kid, I loved dinosaurs. I grew up in the San Francisco bay area - and some of my favorite memories were that of visiting the San Francisco Exploratorium. So many fascinating displays - and dinosaurs!!!

My parents purchased some delightful toy dinosaurs for me and my siblings to play with - T. Rex (of course!), Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus, Brontosaurus and others.

Later in life I became fascinated with mass extinction events. And my favorite extinct animal shifted from T. Rex, to the Gorgonopsia - fearsome top predators and mammal precursors predating dinosaurs. Likely they were intelligent, thoughtful but aggressive beings - killed off by the Permian-Triassic extinction event - likely due to runaway volcanic activity.

I had a pet gerbil which would have battered that

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

I had a pet gerbil which would have battered that

Freddie Star would have your gerbil though.

 

[dickie davies]

Freddie Star would have your gerbil though.

Not this one. I've never encountered anything as vicious, not even my wife

 

[Grassland Blue]

The dinosaur era definitely existed but I find the appearance of some of them a bit fanciful.
eg someone pointed out that a brontosaurus, with its' long neck, fat body and small head would never have stopped eating. Kind of a veggie Luke Shaw if you like.....