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OKAY. Time's up!!It's saturday! The Answer for the
Mystery Dino thing is...GUESS WHO!!...It's T .rex!!! T .rex is the only theropod
or dinos (that I know of) that has bigger post-orbital bosses or knobs(above and
behind the eyes) than their lacrimal horn-lets(in front and above the eyes). I
figured that since T .rex is so popular here I might have someone guess right. I
have been reading almost everything available about T .rex and is a huge admirer
of this super predator!! I didn't go see Jurassic Park 3 because I heard that T
.rex loss to spinosaurus. This I find as funny as it is impossible want to
contribute(however small the amount)to the dumb-ass movie's box-office. Why does
Thomas Holtz defend the spinosaurus like that? I bet he's just defending JP3
because he wrote a guide book for them or something. Any sane person would know
the outcome of this fight. T .rex could just huff'n puff and blow Spinosaurus
with its lame-ass sail over.!
Heck even the strangely big-headed and goofy looking giganotosaurus could kill
it(YAY!!1 for giganotosaurus Fans!!:) Anyway have you people ever wonder what
might happen to spinosaurus if when it's trying to hunt sauropods and its stupid
kind of fragile sail get broken or torn?
Spinosaurus: OOOHHHH! My freakin' back sails!!! Bleeding!! Can't feel lower
extremities. Loss too much blood!!(coughs)(screams in a most unsually
high-pitched manner) EEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHGGGGGGGG!!!(Falls to the
ground,twitching and releasing his now uncontrollable
bowels)(DIES)HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
-That's me laughing not the Spino he's dead.
from Stan,
age 17,
denver,
CO,
USA;
December 22, 2001
Dinosaurs are the coolest animals that ever lived.
Stegosaurs is my favorite dinosaur.
from dinoman200,
age 17,
illinois,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
Stegosaurs was the best dinosaur ever. Sorry people
that think differently but if stego lived in the cretatous period it would kick t
rexs butt
from Dinoman200,
age 17,
illinois,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
It's small tho..oh well.
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
I haven't been here for a while and I've been reading
some of the posts.
Some people are saying that america is the most popular place for dinosaurs, some
people sound like popular as in people like it and others sound like they are
saying a popular place for dinos to be found. The most common places for dinos to
be found is, Africa, America, Argentina, Asia, and some places in
Europe.
from T-master,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
I posted a JP3 blue raptor on Dino Pictures, but it
didn't show up. Hey JC, did you get it?
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
Yes, I put it up last night - perhaps your browser cached that page. Go to your picture page and if you still can't see it, then press shift reload/refresh, or option reload/refresh (it's different for different browsers, and doesn't always work).
Thanks Da Masta. But how many drawings have you seen
those two in?
....
Thought so.
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"So? I don't see how this really supports 13,400
newtons as a high end estimate as you have said when the researchers themselves
indicate that the figure was conservative."
Perhaps I should rephrase myself, then: The experiment conducted by Erickson et
al. produced a maximum _T. rex_ bite force of 13,400 N. Yes, _T. rex_ may very
well have bitten harder, but we've no empirical data for saying so. As such my
saying 13,400 N was at the "upper end of the spectrum" applies to the
experimental results, not the theoretical ones.
"Besides, after the study, the idea that Tyrannosaurus could bite much harder has
already been anknowledged."
I'd be curious to know where this has been published.
"However, you lack of up-to-date knowledge into the matter is apparent here,
other scientists have recently tried to find out the maximum bite force by using
FEA computer siumlations that they developed on Allosaurus Fragilis, they
determined the absolute bite force of Tyrannosaurus at as they put it "anywhere
from 2 to 4 times that of the feeding bite". Go look it up."
Yes, I've got that paper here in front of me now. But where does your quote come
from? It's not in the paper.
And for the record, I just want to point out that Rayfield et al.'s more recent
publication says, "Also, _Allosaurus_ adductor-generated bites are in no way
comparable to estimated _Alligator missippiensis_ and _Tyrannosaurus rex_ bite
forces, both in the region of 13,000 N." (Not that this correlates at all with
an "upper end" bite force, but I thought it was worth mentioning.)
from ?,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
I heard that Chindesaurus was the earliest dinosaurs.it said that it was ca.232mya. that's hard to believe. that s when the primitive r
reptiles(not dinos) started to evolve and really resemble the dinos.tell me if
i'm wrong about that i'm a little rusty with this because of all this talk about
mystery writer and stuff totaly off the subject.
from DanW,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"That's technically true, Stegosaurus did exist
alongside T.rex, being North American dinosaurs, the only catch was that
Stegosaurus was already in the fossil form then."
Well, it says it actully fought Stegosaurus. Lemme give you the exact words:
"Tyrannosaurus rex lived through the Jurassic a Cretaceous periods. It often
preyed on Stegosaurus, a thirty foot dinosaurs with long spiked tails. Stegosaurs
were unquie in that their tails lacked the ridged tendons that stiffened the
tails of most other dinosaur species."
There you have it! T. rex was alive during the Jurassic period!
Hahahaha!
from Raptor Red,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"Oh... Ve - Lo - Si - Rap - Tor Mon - Go - Lee - En -
Sis!"
Hey! I was pronoucing it right all this time! :)
from Raptor Red,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
Uh, Honkie, I think Ospreys can lift 1/2 their weight
in fish...
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"I mean "pronouce" the word "velociraptor
mongoliensis"?"
Oh... Ve - Lo - Si - Rap - Tor Mon - Go - Lee - En - Sis!
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"Well then raptor, that book's writer knows nothing
about dinosaurs then. Can someone please tell me how to spell mongoliensis??"
Uh... you just did it.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"It's estimated (or so I read) that it'll take
another billion years for the sun to become a red giant*IT'S 5,000,000,000
YEARS.*. (Just a question, how come some type G stars are classified as dwarfs
and others are giants?*I DUNNO! YOU'RE THE ASTRONOMY EXPERT HERE!*) Anyway, were
lucky the sun isn't a blue supergiant like Rigel*I DO NOT THINK THAT WE WOULD
HAVE EVOLVED IF IT WAS THAT HOT.* , because more massive stars have shorter lives
than smaller ones, and larger stars die in a supernova, not the Red Giant, white
dwarf, black dwarf process the smaller stars go through.*YEAH, BIGGER STARS USE
UP THEIR FUEL SUPPLY FASTER.*"
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"How the heck do you pronounce "mongoliensis"? How
many of you seen a stegosaurus and a T-rex fighting...that's like impossible
since T-rex lived 68-65 mya, and stego only lived about in the late jurassic
period...."
Mon - Go - Lee - En - Sis!
I've seen T - Rex and Stego fighting on trespasser! But then the dinos where
genetically re-created, from different periods, so that makes more
sense.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"What does the bottom of a horsetail look like?"
Do you mean a giant carboniferous one or a normal modern day one?
I'll try to say about the modern one then.
It's kinda cylindrical, green, with brown bands where the different segments
meet. I think each segment is slightly concave. and I don't think it has those
fleshy "leaves" at the bottom, either.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"How long do Allosaurus and T Rex live?"
POTENTIALLY quite a long time I should think, but remember, they lived in a very dangerous enviroment!
I'm not sure, did these dinosaurs lay lots of eggs and hope that some will
survive, or invest a lot in one or two hatchlings? If they laid lots of eggs and
left them, then most of the baby dinosaurs would not survive their first year. If
they have only a few chicks, and really look after them, (I think that this IS
what they did; most large animals like elephants have only a few young at a time, and breed around every one or two years.) then most of the chicks would probably survive to adulthood. And then there is the in between method, have a reasonably large ammount of hatchlings and kinda protect them for a few weeks, and then leave 'em. But we aren't sure yet. Then, considering their hazardous lifestyle, a T - Rex or Allosaur could live perhaps 15 - 20 years if it's lucky, and didn't have any accidents until then. Life then was very dangerous, and I doubt that any dinosaur, except the supersaurpods, lived for as long as it potentially could.
However, say if an allosaur or tyrannosaur was put in an artificial enviroment,
with no hazards, where it's really safe, although it's hard to guess and we can
never be sure, I'd say it could live 30 - 50 years.
Large animals like rhinos, hippos, elephants, giraffes, etc. live to quite a
grand old age. (I used to know exactly why but I've forgotten now!!! :(
So I think it's reasonable to presume that allosaurs and tyrannosaurs lived to
quite an old age too.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
"I don't think antartica is the place where dinosaurs are least popular because most of the people there are scientists and I think scientists like dinosaurs."
Most of the scientists there are icthyologists (did I spell that right?)
And some are ornithologists (penguins!)
And not to mention a few geologists!
But most of the time I would say that there are no paleontologists there. And
certainly never on the east side, it's all ice, there is only rock to excavate
from on the west side.
And I would say that most of those scientists wouldn't really be particularly
interested in dinosaurs. Even the ornithologists, I think!
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 22, 2001
I don't know anybody in Te Puru school or Thames High
School who likes dinosaurs as much as i do. Dinosaurs arn't popular in NZ. Maby
that the only dinosaur bones found are the toe of a theropod, I think an
Anklyosaur rib, A Tail bone or something of a Hypsilophodontid and a sauropod
bone has got somthing to do with it :(
from Tom G,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"And believe or not, our so called "up to date"
school book says that T. rex was around when Stegosaurus was. What a bunch of
bull!"
That's technically true, Stegosaurus did exist alongside T.rex, being North
American dinosaurs, the only catch was that Stegosaurus was already in the fossil
form then.
"I thought Isla Sorna didn't have any fences......"
In the book, only the main compound was fenced up, the workers there decided to
let the dinosaurs go into the wild after repeated failures to bring the dinosaurs
up full term as a desperate measure, and later collect them back before they got
too big, so Isla Sorna didn't have any large fences fencing it off. This seems to
be the case in the movie TWL, where we didn't see any fences dividing the island.
On the other hand, the JP3 fence seems to appear out of nowhere, I guess it's
more of a plot device then anything, just like the rest of the movie, which is
peppered with some very bad ones. It's really sad, how JP3 screws around with the
animals (maybe the people really were supposed to be small monkeys, but they just
didn't bother to make them like that), it's pretty amazing how that petrosaur
could pick up an 13-year old, given eagles, which are much, much better lifters
and flyers, can't carry more then a quarter of their own weight. I assume the JP3
fliers, which were cons!
iderably less adept at powered flight somehow managed to lift a boy almost their
weight. Where did their teeth come from again? The fragile-boned fliers seem
pretty robust too.
from Honkie Tong,
age 17,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
I mean "pronouce" the word "velociraptor
mongoliensis"?
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
You guys, if your looking for Honkie or anything...he
goes to Dino Science Forum more then he goes to dino talk.
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"Does anyone have any evidence for Spinosaurus being
a fish-eater?
Then what do you think Spinosaurus must have fed on then? It's snout was simular
to Baryonx, but I do agree that Spino was to big.
*IT'S DESIGN WAS WELL SUITED FOR FISHING. SPINO WAS A KIND OF SUPER - PREDATOR
THOUGH.*
"the facts that were wrong are,spino is way too big and very robustly built,its
jaws were too big and had too many
teeth.and in the jp3 logo the spino has two big claws on each hand,just like a
baryonx,which spino did not have."
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"No, dinosaurs aren't very pouplar here.
Oh wow...I can name more then 100 or so...
One person I know only knows the name of 2 dinosaurs: T-Rex and Triceratops."
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
Well then raptor, that book's writer knows nothing
about dinosaurs then. Can someone please tell me how to spell
mongoliensis??
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"(I thought Isla Sorna didn't have any
fences...)"
I don't want to sound like a movie freak, but I think they said that they raised
the dinosaurs on Isla Sorna, so they would need fences.
from Tim M.,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
It's estimated (or so I read) that it'll take another
billion years for the sun to become a red giant. (Just a question, how come some
type G stars are classified as dwarfs and others are giants?) Anyway, were lucky
the sun isn't a blue supergiant like Rigel, because more massive stars have
shorter lives than smaller ones, and larger stars die in a supernova, not the Red
Giant, white dwarf, black dwarf process the smaller stars go
through.
from Tim M.,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"How the heck do you pronounce "mongoliensis"? How
many of you seen a stegosaurus and a T-rex fighting...that's like impossible
since T-rex lived 68-65 mya, and stego only lived about in the late jurassic
period...."
I have no idea how do pronouce mongoliensis, but at least I know how to spell it.
:)
And believe or not, our so called "up to date" school book says that T. rex was around when Stegosaurus was. What a bunch of bull!
from Raptor Red,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
You are very welcome, Da Masta
from Raptor Red,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
How the heck do you pronounce "mongoliensis"? How
many of you seen a stegosaurus and a T-rex fighting...that's like impossible
since T-rex lived 68-65 mya, and stego only lived about in the late jurassic
period....
from Neko,
age 11,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
If there was one thing ludicrous about the
spinosaur's strength in JP///, is was when he effortlessly crashes through that
big fence. Ouch!
(I thought Isla Sorna didn't have any fences......)
from Brad,
age 14,
Woodville,
ON,
Canada;
December 21, 2001
"well,actually spino was not bigger than t-rex.in jp3
they portrayed
Does anyone have any evidence for Spinosaurus being a fish-eater?
Spinosauroids do have more teeth than typical for theropods. I doubt the tooth
count was too high in the JP3 Spinosaurus*ABSOLUTELY.*, but the teeth did look to
be curved back too far*I DIDN'T REALLY LOOK AT THE TEETH. YES, SPINO HAD STRAIGHT
TEETH, NOT VERY EFFECTIVE FOR BITING OTHER DINOSAURS.*. Baryonyx only has one
large claw per hand. The hands of Spinosaurus are unknown, so we can't know what
its claws were like. But considering that large thumb claws are a feature of its
closest relatives (Baryonyx, Suchomimus) and also more distantly related
tetanurans (Dryptosaurus, Sinosauropteryx, Utahraptor, Allosaurus) I think it is
reasonable to suggest that Spinosaurus had big claws too.
I seriously doubt that Spinosaurus would only weigh half as much as
Tyrannosaurus. This idea seems to be based in Greg Paul's description of
spinosaurids as relatives of Dilophosaurus, which isn't very likely.*SPINOSAURUS'
ANCESTORS DON'T CHANGE IT'S WEIGHT MUCH! "OH, SPINOS' WEIGHT ESTIMATE IS 4 - 7
TONNES, BUT IT'S RELATED TO DILOPHOSAURS SO LET'S JUST SUBTRACT 2 TONNES," IT
DOESN'T REALLY WORK LIKE THAT! HEY, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT DINOS
THAN ME, BUT I DIDN'T REALLY GET WHAT YOU MEANT THERE. AND I THINK THAT
DILOPHOSAURS MAY HAVE BEEN DISTANT ANCESTORS OF SPINOSAURS, YOU REMEMBER ME
TALKING ABOUT IT A FEW WEEKS AGO?*"
a fish eater to be a super-predator."
*IT'S DESIGN WAS WELL SUITED FOR FISHING. SPINO WAS A KIND OF SUPER - PREDATOR
THOUGH.*
"the facts that were wrong are,spino is way too big and very robustly built,its
jaws were too big and had too many teeth.and in the jp3 logo the spino has two
big claws on each hand,just like a baryonx,which spino did not have."
*I AGREE TOTALLY.*
"spino in real life was a large fish eater 15-16feet tall and weighed
3-4 tons*YOU ARE VERY WRONG. SPINO WAS 4 - 7 TONNES, AND T - REX WAS UP TO 6.4
TONNES!*,t-rex was 16-20 feet tall and was 6-8 tons."
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
Thank you Raptor Red.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"To me dinosaurs are the coolest things in the
world."
I know exactly what you mean! Hey, at least we gotta be glad for this site, where
dino fans from all over the world can keep in touch!
If you wanna live chat with other dino fans, type "mesozoic mumblings" or
"paleochat" in lycos.com and then chat about dinosaurs!
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"We say, da masta, dinosaurs are not too popular here in America. Nobody in our school likes dinos as much as us.
So, that was Gianna's note, I got something to say. We met each other in school and became very nice friends.So that's why we are at my house.
Me, Gianna again. So anyway, what's the topic now, there's a bunch but what's the
main one."
Well, you're lucky. The only place I can talk to other people passionate about
dinosaurs is here. But hey, I'm not complaining. You're a great bunch. All the
real freinds I've ever had have always left after a while, to another country,
some other city in another faraway part of the country. Most of the people I know
now are never serious. They never think about important stuff. And mine is meant
to be a good school. Sigh.
The main topic I'd say is the one on the science forum, about triceratops stance.
Feel free to join in. Actually, I'm starting to accept that triceratops may have
had a kinda semi sprawling stance... You should go see for
yourselves.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
What does the bottom of a horsetail look
like?
from Tom G,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"Yes,America is the most popular place for
dinosaurs,Antartica is the least popular."
[chuckles]
Hmm, very funny.
I think it would be better to say that America is COMPARATIVELY the most popular
place for dinosaurs.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"DID YOU KNOW THAT THE T-REX IS WAS MOST LIKELEY TO
BY A SCAVENGER BECAUSE IT COULD NOT RUN FAST"
Oh dear, you haven't let Horner get to your brain, have you? Not that I have
anything against Horner...
I think Honkie Tong can explain to you why you're wrong better than I can. I'll
leave you to it then, Honkie.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"No, dinosaurs aren't very pouplar here.
Oh dear...
Well, different people take interest in different things.
One person I know only knows the name of 2 dinosaurs: T-Rex and Triceratops."
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"I don't neccessarily believe that the boggle
asteriod theory that much either, but it could be possible, it probably does
happen, but I believe that something that happened 65 million yrs ago is rare.
You never know though, also, I believe its a good idea to look onto this theory
as well, because if it is true, than maybe when day if it does happen to the
human race, maybe we can prevent it*I REALLY DOUBT IT. WE WILL BE POWERLESS TO
STOP THE ASTEROIDS, OUR TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THAT POWERFULL YET. WE WOULD PROBABLY
JUST EVACUATE THE AREA OF THE GLOBE WHICH WILL BE HIT, AND RESCUE AS MUCH STUFF
AS POSSIBLE. IT WOULD BE A REAL CRISIS.*. Unlike dinosaurs, we have a chance to
change our fate*YEAH, BUT WILL WE? WE CAN STOP GLOBAL WARMING, AND POLLUTION, BUT
ARE WE ACTUALLY DOING IT? RICH COMPANIES OWN TOO MUCH, I SAY.*, so it doesn't
seem so bad*OH, IT WOULD BE A VERY SERIOUS CATASTROPHE FOR MANY COUNTRIES.*. Also
the theory is still being tested in compute!
r models*CHAOS THEORY! ALL ASTEROID STRIKES WILL BE DIFFERENT, MINOR DIFFERENCES
CAN CHANGE A LOT. HOW WILL WE KNOW THE EXACT POSITION OF ALL THE PLANETS,
ASTEROIDS, AND THE SUN WHEN AND IF IT HAPPENS? THE ACTUAL EVENT (IF IT HAPPENS)
CAN NEVER BE EXACTLY PREDICTED ON COMPUTER SIMULATIONS.*, nothing new has come as
of yet, and I don't think 400,000 yrs is a very long time either, but maybe the
meteors that come into contact with Earth every 400,000 yrs aren't as large as
the one that hit the cretaceous time. This may seem alittle extreme, but if the
sun where to wobble, we'd be pretty screwed right now, because we could be throw
off course, also the fact that the sun itself is like a big magnet...Well, we a!
re screwed anyways, because the sun is going to get redder and also bigger*YEAH,
IN ABOUT 5000 MILLION YEARS TIME! I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT!*. Long after where
did, maybe millions more years, our planet which we call Earth will be sucked in
by our sun, because it will be !
too large*YEAH, A "RED GIANT"*. Least thats what I was told by my proffesor*YOUR
PROFFESOR IS VERY RIGHT.*, and its quite interesting. You have to also take into
consideration, that if there is a wobble within the planets that i mentioned, it
could happen, probably just not to the same affect as 65 million yrs ago. If that
was to occur every 400,000 yrs, I don't even know if life could proccess the way
it has been, so the theory probably says it does happen, but not a catastrophic
as during the cretaceous*IT PROBABLY DEPENDS ON THE DEGREE OF THE WOBBLE AND HOW
ANY ASTEROIDS ARE IN THE AREA TO BE AFFECTED BY IT*. Besides, they are still
doing model test to see if something like that even happened during the
cretaceous period*CHAOS THEORY SAYS YOU CAN'T PREDICT HOW IT WILL HAPPEN EXACTLY
WHEN IT DOES.*. So if I find out anymore things about this lil theory, I'll tell
you people.*THANKS, I'LL BE WAITING!*"
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
How long do Allosaurus and T Rex live?
from abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
Oh dear, it's 8:15 now, and lots of good TV programs
coming up. I don't think I'll be able to finish answering everyone today, I'll
have to do all the rest tommorow.
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
I don't think antartica is the place where dinosaurs
are least popular because most of the people there are scientists and I think
scientists like dinosaurs.
from Tom G,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
"It seems that scientist have discovered a new
dinosaur that was excavated in China, it is yet to be named, but it is dinosaur
that has feathers on it. This new dinosaur clearly shows primitive feathers, the
tail and head clearly shows feathers, and tufts of down like feathers appear on
other parts of its body. This dinosaur which was found in Laoning Province,
clearly shows how the feathers where attached to the body. Previously sceintists
who reject the dinosaur/bird link say that found associated with dinosaurs, where
mixed up together when the bird and the dinosaur died.
I've always beleived that birds are direct ancestors of dinosaurs, so I don't
have to say anything! So, this is the new "hairiest" non - avain dinosaur!
But although I beleive that birds are relatives of dinosaurs, this is not really
because of feathers. Any group of animals could evolve feathers. Feathers could
have evolved separately in several different animal groups, of which only one is
related to birds (I'm not saying that this IS the case, though!) And even if no
feathery dinosaurs had ever been found, it is obvious from other characteristics
that birds are related to dinosaurs. The wrists, the hips, the vertebrae, etc.
But the discovery is interesting. Where can you get the latest dino news I
wonder? Some of you seem to be very up to date on what's going on. Because there
are loads of dino sites out there, but I'm very selective, and I like the good
sites. A lot of sites are not very good, or too wrong on their facts. I want real
good professional sites. Hey, where did you find out about the feathery dino,
DinoSol?
This fossil however makes it indisputable that a body covering similar to
feathers was present in non-avian dinosaurs.
I think this is really great news, so to all the people who still don't believe
the link between dinosaur and bird...What do you have to say now?"
from da masta,
age ?,
?,
?,
?;
December 21, 2001
Spinosaurus was a big dinosaur, but certainly
considerably less robust and gracile then your Tyrannosaurid, being typical of a
Spinosaurid. I don't think Spinosaurus was any kind of weak, but I admit that he
was grossly overplayed in Jurassic Park 3. I seriously doubt he could survive
that Tyrannosaurus bite (not to mention eluding the bite, the Spinosaur was
yanked around the ground by the neck for a long time, that strain would have
easily dislocated the neck and killed him, if the bite haven't done already.). It
rather obvious Tyrannosaurus would have been the superior killer, I admit
that.
from Spinosaurus,
age 17,
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December 21, 2001
I know not one sixth grader in all of Davis Middle
School who likes dinosaurs as much as I do.
Hehehe they all think they are lizards! LOL!
-Raptor Red
Feathered dinosaurs rule all!
from Raptor Red,
age 11,
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December 21, 2001
"are Vollosirapters real?"
Sure, velociraptors are very real. Or where. Until they died out.
from da masta,
age ?,
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December 21, 2001
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