itt: pictures of dinosaurs gazing haplessly at the arriving meteor

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Always has to be at least two animal species on display

― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:03 (six years ago) link

haha otm

― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:14 (six years ago) link

long detailed essay in the rise of interest in exploring reasons why dinosaurs became extinct: http://palaeo.gly.bris.ac.uk/Essays/Dino90.html

author puts the turning point at the start of the 1970s

― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:33 (six years ago) link

wait what happened in the 1970s that killed dinos

― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link

Glam rock.

― nickn, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:48 (six years ago) link

prog rock dude

― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:49 (six years ago) link

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/files/2016/06/tarkus.jpeg?w=600&h=0&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89

― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:50 (six years ago) link

no meteor, no credibility

― HONOR THE FYRE (sleeve), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/10/tim-and-eric-mind-blown.gif

― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 19 May 2017 22:52 (six years ago) link

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/dore/rhin/37.jpg

gustav doré engraving of fossil of hapless dinosaur caught watching incoming meteor (not pictured)

― mark s, Friday, 19 May 2017 22:53 (six years ago) link

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/24/84/18/2484183fe64d3babad5b3dd10b44cd82.jpg

― devvvine, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link

From that link, 'A Survey of Theories for the Death of the Dinosaurs' could make a good poll

― Never changed username before (cardamon), Friday, 19 May 2017 23:26 (six years ago) link

This thread is not only great to look at but great to read, the same is not true of the, superficially similar, Paul Weller thread. Paul Weller not being anywhere near as interesting as dinosaurs, or with their enduring appeal (who knows though, eh?)

― Punnet of the Grapes (Tom D.), Friday, 19 May 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link

The asteroid theory is clearly being financed by kindergarten teacher special interest groups, who dread having to assign students to illustrate the rise of angiosperms.

― jmm, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:37 (six years ago) link

kids still love dinosaurs, right? I remember being into them really young and practicing drawing brontosaurus necks

― mh, Friday, 19 May 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link

They have Dinosaur World near Lakeland here. The kids dig it

― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:03 (six years ago) link

Thanks, y'all, for filling in so much backstory! Yeah, I now remember egg-eating mammals mixed in with death comet, in my childhood.

mark s, hope your lengthy and engaging posts are signs that all is well.

― ﴿→ ☺ (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 20 May 2017 01:17 (six years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/1UYKHy1.png

― “Yeah. Huh, thanks.” (los blue jeans), Saturday, 20 May 2017 03:15 (six years ago) link

only dino video game I really acknowledge is primal rage

― mh, Saturday, 20 May 2017 05:02 (six years ago) link