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    Dinosaur Nerd Time!

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-29143096

    Now obviously the notion that the spinosaurus was semi aquatic isn't exactly new but what I found more interesting was the possibility it was in fact a quadruped and not bipedal as it is usually shown as

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    Dammit science, stop messing up my childhood. First you wanted to change the velociraptor, now the spinosaurus? I can't take much more of this.

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    It always makes me wish we could time travel (observation only) just to see these creatures

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    It always makes me wish we could time travel (observation only) just to see these creatures
    Depending on when you travel to, there's going to be a lot of gigantic, vicious poultry monsters running around. So yeah...that does sound like a lot of fun.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GodlyBob View Post
    Depending on when you travel to, there's going to be a lot of gigantic, vicious poultry monsters running around. So yeah...that [I]doesI[i] sound like a lot of fun.
    Thus observation meaning we only see not interact

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    Quote Originally Posted by pacox View Post
    Dammit science, stop messing up my childhood. First you wanted to change the velociraptor, now the spinosaurus? I can't take much more of this.
    Science didn't change velociraptors, Steven Spielberg did.

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    And the feathers. I hate the feathers
    I would be equally terrified if a giant bird tried to slice my belly open rather than a lizard.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zorkuus View Post
    Science didn't change velociraptors, Steven Spielberg did.
    He just used Deinonychus instead of Velociraptors but the feather discovery was post 1993 so can't blame Jurassic Park on that

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    Quote Originally Posted by adam86shadow View Post
    He just used Deinonychus instead of Velociraptors but the feather discovery was post 1993 so can't blame Jurassic Park on that
    Nonetheless a velociraptor was always a velociraptor, about knee height.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zorkuus View Post
    Nonetheless a velociraptor was always a velociraptor, about knee height.
    Yeah but not really as scary hence the added line with the kid saying it doesn't look scary. Spielberg just preferred the name velociraptor. Interesting though in the TellTale Jurassic Park game it gives reasons why the dinosaurs aren't scientifically accurate

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    Most of my early child hood education on dinosaurs came from Dino Riders and Denver the Last Dinosaur.

    Have Archaeologists found the Tyrannosaurus-mounted lasers yet?
    A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

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    The velociraptor is the size of a dog.


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    Those others aren't velociraptors, though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rhaeven View Post
    Those others aren't velociraptors, though
    I know... but it shows deinonychus which Spielberg used

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