Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 This is not a joke thread. http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ I hope this study is wrong because it's totally ruining my childhood! I'm just picturing Jurassic Park with a quacking T-Rex chasing Lex and Tim. It's just not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris the Blade Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 2 minutes ago, Tywin et al. said: This is not a joke thread. http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ I hope this study is wrong because it's totally ruining my childhood! I'm just picturing Jurassic Park with a quacking T-Rex chasing Lex and Tim. It's just not the same. oh jesus hahaha. That would make that film a comedy. I need to see someone edit a video clip of that happening now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swordfish Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Ha. That's awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Oh geez...don't tell my son...he's got the Raptor call from Jurassic World down cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liffguard Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I love reading new facts about dinosaurs. They must have been so much stranger than we imagine. Relevant xkcd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercenaryChef Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 54 minutes ago, Liffguard said: I love reading new facts about dinosaurs. They must have been so much stranger than we imagine. Relevant xkcd. No. Just as strange as I imagined. https://www.amazon.com/Wet-Nessie-Scottish-Myths-Book-ebook/dp/B00HXRLNUY And erotic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I still think a giant, feathered, lipless, toothed ostrich/crocodile like creature with 15 cm teeth and making strange, guttural sounds would be equally terrifying as the roaring lizard-dinosaurs of the movies. More alien somehow. I bet that despite the duck comparison, it would have sounded nothing like a duck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I tend to think of them as really big birds, like Super Chickens. So I've never been truly convinced by them roaring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Tiger Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 My life truly IS a lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martell Spy Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Oh geez, my childhood is ruined, too. Next, they'll tell us the Land of the Lost never even happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mlle. Zabzie Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I have been chased by geese. It was terrifying. I am now imagining being chased by a flock of geese with teeth. This is the stuff of nightmares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stannis Eats No Peaches Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 This is just fucking terrible. What has science ever done for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartIheartTesla Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 17 hours ago, Tywin et al. said: This is not a joke thread. http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ I hope this study is wrong because it's totally ruining my childhood! I'm just picturing Jurassic Park with a quacking T-Rex chasing Lex and Tim. It's just not the same. Dont fear, your childhood is still safe. Science! says so: Quote Non-avian dinosaurs, such as the Tyrannosaurus rex, she added, would probably have had a larynx and most likely made loud booming sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 best imagining of deinonychus (as contrary to the ferocious images in cinema and drawings) is actually kinda cute. add the honking soundtrack and it'll make a great pet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 I love feathered dinosaurs. They're neat to image, like giant toothy flightless birds with tails. Of course, that only applies to some of the dinosaur lines. The sauropods were feather-less, at least in adulthood IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 37 minutes ago, Electric Bass said: I love feathered dinosaurs. They're neat to image, like giant toothy flightless birds with tails. Another relevant xkcd. I mean, he's not wrong. There's not a great deal of difference between Deinonychus and a cassowary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Bass Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 12 hours ago, polishgenius said: Another relevant xkcd. I mean, he's not wrong. There's not a great deal of difference between Deinonychus and a cassowary. That's true, and awesome. I especially love the point about how a T-Rex is closer-related to a sparrow than a Stegosaurus. I tend to forget how long the Mesozoic Era was, stretching from 252 to 66 million years ago. T-Rex was closer in time to us than to Stegosaurus. It's a huge bummer that none of the dinosaur lineages outside of the bird branch of the theropods survived the K-T Extinction. If even only a handful of the Ornithischia lineages had survived the extinction, we might have had large quadrupedal dinosaurs emerge again (especially since they have an advantage in handling large size on land versus mammals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMetis Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 On 2016-10-19 at 5:42 PM, Tywin et al. said: This is not a joke thread. http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ http://nbc4i.com/2016/10/18/study-dinosaurs-didnt-roar-but-quacked-or-cooed/ I hope this study is wrong because it's totally ruining my childhood! I'm just picturing Jurassic Park with a quacking T-Rex chasing Lex and Tim. It's just not the same. Or hissed like a goose, which is just as terrifying coming from something the size of a T-Rex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mance Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 36 minutes ago, TrueMetis said: which is just as terrifying coming from something the size of a T-Rex Right? Pretty sure a T-Rex could coo like a dove and it would scare the shit out of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueMetis Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 1 hour ago, The Mance said: Right? Pretty sure a T-Rex could coo like a dove and it would scare the shit out of me. Honestly the WTF factor of that would probably make that far more terrifying than a roar. Think of the scene from Jurassic Park when the T-rex is looking at the Lawyer and about to eat him, and imagine it making a noise somewhat like this. (if likely deeper) Shit having watched that scene to check it does basically purr so this isn't that far different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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