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After a certain age people stop asking you what your favorite dinosaur is, and I think that's sad.

My current one's the Anchiornis, because it's in the same clade as birds so it's in their family tree, and it really looks like a prototype of a bird. It had 4 wings for example, but it already looked very birb-y:

(Figured I'd just turn an earlier comment into an actual post because why not)

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[–] almost1337@lemm.ee 41 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I'm boring, and still like Stegosaurus best. Gotta love that Thagomizer.

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 27 points 3 months ago

I’m boring

We'll have none of that here! Nothing wrong with liking an old classic, because I mean come on:

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Solid choice.

There was a point in fifth grade when I was into plesioasurs after reading books about the Loch Ness Monster and Mokele Mbembe.

[–] tamiya_tt02@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Poor Thag Simmons...

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago

That Stegosaurus vs T-Rex scene in Disney's Fantasia is probably the reason why this is my favorite.

[–] choss@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago