and even better, some of those were small and could fly, they survived the extinctions and today we call them birds
Some of my favourite dinos:
ljook at all those chickenn
At the end of the day, I’ll ask my students if they have any questions. No hands will go up, I’ll act a little disappointed and say, “You know, I’m always asking if you all have any questions, and no one ever asks what my favorite dinosaur is.” and I just let it hang in the air.
Without fail, a hand will slowly go up, and I call on them. “What’s your favorite dinosaur?” and I respond immediately with, “That doesn’t count, it wasn’t organic.” and then I kick them all out of class.
The correct favourite dinosaur is triceratops (if dealing with small children) or archaeopteryx for kids old enough to know that birds are raptor dinosaurs.
why triceratops? trex is way cooler
Those are both cool, but neither is a Stegosaurus, which is obviously the coolest.
nahhh the best dinosaur is obviously the great kiskadee
My real favourite is the cassowary
I like the ankylosaurus.
Call me classic but I love stegosaurus. Such a cool profile, chill herbivore with literal tomahawks on the back. Other favourites include plesiosaurus (I know, don’t fucking test me) and kulinda dromeus
The coolest moment of my life was when my favorite dinosaur, the coelacanth, was discovered to still be alive. I was obsessed with this little known fish (for kids, no idea if it was better known among adults) and was super proud to be able to spell it, and then they found one!
And I told you that story because I so rarely get to, because nobody asks adults about their favorite dinosaur.
…fish are not dinosaurs
That’s… absolutely not a dinosaur.
I just looked it up, and they were rediscovered in 1938, too. I’m absolutely not in my late eighties, so I guess this is just a good example of how weirdly wrong our early memories can be (at least mine are).
Ok so first of all you were right it was a big deal when Coelacanth was rediscovered. Don’t give up so easy, that person is just saying it was a fish not a dinosaur.
My favourite dinosaur is the cockatoo
You were alive in the 1930s?
What’s your favorite dinosaur? I’ve personally always been a huge ankylosaurus fan.
In all seriousness, my favorite is actually Ankylosaurus as well. These things just look so cool
I’ve always been partial to a Brontosaurus
Just do an AMA, there’s a user that always asks about favorite dinosaurs.
i did an ama and no one asked me that
The Triceratops were objectively the coolest. I will fight u.
I like the Compies.
They’re just little guys
I think i always liked Ankylosaurus the most, just a big ass hammer tail. Metal af
This seems like an appropriate time to share one of my favorite stand-up routines on Youtube.
I can’t believe that bit went on as long as it did and nobody suggested any modern birds.
I like the pachycephalosaurus because its etymology is so clear. Like submarine.
Also, when my kid was three or so, they couldn’t really enunciate any words correctly but they could pronounce that dinosaur name perfectly.
See my comment in response to someone else a little further down. The trusty Pachy will always have a place in my heart indeed :)
I feel that. They’re like the kobolds of the dinosaur kingdom.
I’m just going to point out that !ankmemes@sh.itjust.works exists, and !triceratops does not.
That’s because the giant cow rhinos don’t need the extra marketing, they’re just that cool 😎💅
uhmmmmm parasaurolophus???
Hmmm… Close second🤔
then you gotta be like “shhh don’t tell anyone but CHICKENS ARE SECRETLY DINOS”
All nuggies are dino nuggies!
What was your formative dinosaur media as a young kid?
This 1980 claymation/cartoon/live action short called Dinosaur was absolutely hypnotic to me as a kid. The scenes with all the hooting and howling in the jungle were so intense for my little 4 year old mind!
Land Before Time was a big one for me. But even bigger was probably the documentary series Walking With Dinosaurs. Which is available to watch for free on archive.org!
Land Before Time and its one bajillion sequels, which regularly aired on Brazilian Cartoon Network
