- ShaunaTheDead ( @ShaunaTheDead@fedia.io ) 64•4 months ago
It’s odd that razor sharp teeth is kind of the gold standard for a scary animal, but honestly, getting swallowed whole and slowly digested by stomach acid sounds so much more horrific. I’d so much rather a T-Rex eat me than that.
- Zorsith ( @Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English13•4 months ago
I recall reading a meme about the ocean being bullshit, something along the lines of “the most common way to die on land is something making your blood fall out”.
- KairuByte ( @KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English3•4 months ago
I dunno, can the stomach digest you, or smother you, before you pull out a knife and slice your way out?
I feel like “being comped to death” beats “swallowed whole” on the total chance of dying.
- groet ( @groet@feddit.de ) English10•4 months ago
The stomach isn’t like a big cave with a pool af acid in it. It is compacted by muscles around it so if you are swallowed whole, you would have to fight against those muscles to even be able to move at all. If your arms are above your head it’s likely you would die before you are able to move them to your hips to draw your knives. If they are at your hips, good look moving the knives to point outwards. Also the stomache is lined with thick mucous to protect it from sharp objects… Also it’s completely dark and disorienting.
It’s almost certainly you’d drown, suffocate and get crushed VERY quickly after getting swallowed alive.
- nonfuinoncuro ( @nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee ) English2•4 months ago
The stomach isn’t like a big cave with a pool af acid in it.
Unless your predator has been eating a lot of air or drinking a lot of soda/beer. Although one burp would quickly get rid of all that headroom. And the CO2 from carbonation would quickly suffocate you as well as it’s heavier than air.
- sverit ( @sverit@feddit.de ) English1•4 months ago
Pelicanstyle
- janAkali ( @janAkali@lemmy.one ) English54•4 months ago
WTF?! Is that a bird or a starship?
- I_am_10_squirrels ( @I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ) English7•4 months ago
Yes
- acockworkorange ( @acockworkorange@mander.xyz ) English1•4 months ago
And that’s not a tail either.
- nossaquesapao ( @nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br ) English1•4 months ago
looks like an upside down stingray to me
- HonkyTonkWoman ( @HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee ) English49•4 months ago
- jabathekek ( @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ) English8•4 months ago
- tubaruco ( @tubaruco@lemm.ee ) English5•4 months ago
except its not a dinosaur…
- jabathekek ( @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ) English1•4 months ago
correct its a meme dinosaur
- tubaruco ( @tubaruco@lemm.ee ) English2•4 months ago
no not a nidosaur
- HonkyTonkWoman ( @HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee ) English3•4 months ago
I know! I’m stuck somewhere between astonishment & being pissed off they didn’t let Goldblum ride one of those things in one of the Jurassic Parks.
- jabathekek ( @jabathekek@sopuli.xyz ) English3•4 months ago
;_; my childhood is now even sadder after missing out on this hypothetical… That would’ve been epic.
- Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) English32•4 months ago
Nowadays the most dangerous birdy is this one, capable of gutting you with a kick and they don’t hesitate to do so either.
- Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) English26•4 months ago
Also a nice birdy
- MenacingPerson ( @MenacingPerson@lemm.ee ) English8•4 months ago
That first picture…
- Faresh ( @Faresh@lemmy.ml ) English4•4 months ago
Reminds me of the Wilddruden from the Ronja Räubertochter (Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter) movie.
- Muffi ( @Muffi@programming.dev ) English3•4 months ago
Oh man, this movie had such an impact on a couple of generations of Scandinavians. I’ve talked to multiple folks in the BDSM community who had their sexual awakening to the scene where Ronja is tied underground by the small elf people.
- SynopsisTantilize ( @SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee ) English2•4 months ago
That too right picture for a second looked like a man in a bunny suit t-bagging the camera
- sverit ( @sverit@feddit.de ) English2•4 months ago
- FiniteBanjo ( @FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ) English22•4 months ago
Despite its size, it only weighed about 250 lbs. Most of its skull is hollow.
- Zacryon ( @Zacryon@feddit.de ) English23•4 months ago
In international standard SI units that’s about 113 kg.
- Björn Tantau ( @bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de ) English20•4 months ago
Depends, did it speak German?
- MaryReadsBooks ( @MaryReadsBooks@lemmy.ml ) English9•4 months ago
Das haben wir damals noch nicht gemacht, aber mittlerweile ist das ein MUSS für jeden anständigen Dino
- hessenjunge ( @hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de ) English1•4 months ago
Hatzenich
- GregorGizeh ( @GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ) English12•4 months ago
This must be a poor reconstruction, no? how could this possibly fly? Tiny wings and a massive imbalance with like 2/3 of the thing being neck and head?
- Anyolduser ( @Anyolduser@lemmynsfw.com ) English13•4 months ago
There’s a little of both in play here.
First, the whole black and white part of the illustration is a neck flap that may or may not have existed. It makes the neck look super thick, but it was just the artist’s interpretation.
Second, penguins. Pterosaurs have big, hollow heads and skeletons that look like they should have flown. The same can be said of penguins.
- caseyweederman ( @caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ) English6•4 months ago
Look just because we haven’t found any air fossils yet
- Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) English2•4 months ago
Well hollow bones in birds aren’t for flying but for breathing purposes so your second point isn’t exactly right.
- GregorGizeh ( @GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip ) English1•4 months ago
But penguins are flightless birds? I could imagine the big guy being a flightless bird with vestigial wings, like ostriches.
The strong head, small body with all four extremities being used to stand seems more evolved for walking to me (I know next to nothing about fossil reconstruction though)
- FilterItOut ( @FilterItOut@thelemmy.club ) English4•4 months ago
But penguins are flightless bird?
That’s his point.
- Riven ( @Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English1•4 months ago
I recall reading something about a similar Dino that didn’t so much fly and ran and glided instead. I wonder if it’s similar to what this big boy did.
- Salamander ( @Sal@mander.xyz ) English6•4 months ago
Woah - I had never heard of the Hatzegopteryx. I spent some time today watching videos of this guy today (and its relatives, Quetzalcoatlus and Argentinosaurus). They are really cool.
I know that there is a lot of arguments about what dinosaurs actually looked like - I hope that in the videos they make these guys scarier than they actually were… This video is especially: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYniD_MQ7Rg
Personally, this style (from a great PBS Eons video) is my favorite interpretation:
And artists apparently like to emphasize that these guys could eat small dinosaurs!
- Ilflish ( @Ilflish@lemm.ee ) English5•4 months ago
Pelicans for humans
- Mastengwe ( @Mastengwe@lemm.ee ) English5•4 months ago
Nope.
- MonkderZweite ( @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ) English2•4 months ago