Dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures

[Gilfryd]

[DoomRulz]

Mal posted this on my FB wall this morning. Nanuqsaurus made the top 100 stories of 2014!

http://discovermagazine.com/2015/jan-feb/36-a-pint-size-polar-predator

[DoomRulz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-zBxBF8pys#

Vertigo, you'll like this. It's a good commentary.

[Vertigo]

Sorry, my eyes glazed over pretty quickly; was almost as bad as reading one of my posts. 

[Shinawi]

When I was a kid, I wanted to do that when an adult, but my dad disapproved. He thought paleontologists didn't make enough money.

[P.Funkei]

He was probably correct about the relative poverty of paleontologists, Shinawi

[DoomRulz]

Sorry, my eyes glazed over pretty quickly; was almost as bad as reading one of my posts. 

What, can't handle a little genius?

[DoomRulz]

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2015/01/150106-utahraptor-death-trap-fossil/

The fossils might help resolve a long-standing debate about whether these predators hunted in groups. In the Jurassic Park films, velociraptors were shown cooperating to chase down prey, an idea based at the time on several predators that had been found alongside an herbivore. The new fossils may help confirm whether the silver screen got it right.

[P.Funkei]

This is only tangentially related to this topic - if at all - but this blog post detailing basic concepts in science seems to be an excellent resource, and I wanted to share it with you all.

[DoomRulz]

The physics and mathematics page don't have chaos theory! For shame.

[P.Funkei]

Well, these are supposed to be basic concepts.

[Ryu]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJx5VlIAMk0
https://twitter.com/dailyplanetshow/status/560544200090202115?utm_source=fb&fb_ref=Default&utm_content=561244037165101056&utm_campaign=IlliterateDino&utm_medium=fb

[Vertigo]

What the what?!

[The Cruentus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJx5VlIAMk0
https://twitter.com/dailyplanetshow/status/560544200090202115?utm_source=fb&fb_ref=Default&utm_content=561244037165101056&utm_campaign=IlliterateDino&utm_medium=fb
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B8dz-srCIAAD8wW.jpg

Yep bottom pic is an ankylosaurus I believe, those where the dinos with the club tail, I would hate to have been hit by one of them lol

My favorite is T-rex though and I know that is a common favorite but meh, sue me its my fav dammit.

Hopefully the next JP will feature it again as the "main" dinosaur, I like spinosaurus but its no T-Rex and doesn't hold the candle to it in my opinion. Bonus points for trying to go a new direction though.

Some of the sea creatures were nasty, there was something, liopleurodon or something that was considered an apex predator among the oceane. Big creature that had a bite force stronger than T-rex.

[DoomRulz]

What the what?!

Wow. What are the odds on finding something like that?! If only it were always that easy.

Also, Save Dippy the Diplodocus!!