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Old 05-07-2015, 23:53
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There are some people who are just bloody odd.

I like to think that the expressions of the dinosaurs on the covers of these 'erotic' novels reveal an appropriate sense of horror and disgust at the brazen mammalian strumpets cavorting before them!

50 Shades eat your heart out.

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/1...an-sex-novels/
I believe that many online retailers refuse to sell these books after the Daily Mail ran a front-page outrage story on them and other bestiality-themed books. They had, if I recall right, ran a story on the dinosaur-themed books a few weeks before with no such criticism and treated them as a joke. One of their many cases of amnesia.
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Old 06-07-2015, 00:33
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There are some people who are just bloody odd.

I like to think that the expressions of the dinosaurs on the covers of these 'erotic' novels reveal an appropriate sense of horror and disgust at the brazen mammalian strumpets cavorting before them!

50 Shades eat your heart out.

http://www.cracked.com/quick-fixes/1...an-sex-novels/
just scroll down and take a moment to have a look at the expression on the T - Rex;s face on Taken By The T-REx
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Old 06-07-2015, 02:42
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just scroll down and take a moment to have a look at the expression on the T - Rex;s face on Taken By The T-REx
Is is classic isn't it!

A nice size comparison of some (but by no means all) of the largest sauropods.

The species shown from left to right are -

Apatosaurus Ajax, Mamenchisaurus Sinocanadorum, Paralititan Stromeri, Giraffatitan Brancai, Argentinosaurus Huinculensis, Puertasaurus Reuili, Alamosaurus Sanjuanensis, Supersaurus Vivianae, Sauroposeidon Proteles and Brachiosaurus Altithorax.

Notice just how large Apatosaurus could get - the Jurassic World version is based on sub- adults (in fact very few dinosaur skeletons are fully grown, mature animals).

When you enlarge the image make sure to notice the tiny mote of dust to the left - that is an average bloke.

http://orig01.deviantart.net/dbce/f/...ca-d8yf2pa.jpg
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Old 06-07-2015, 12:55
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Very true.

It led to the preposterous 'Godzillization' of Spinosaurus in JP III which by 'defeating' the rex nearly killed off the franchise for good.

It led to a generation of spino-fanboys which continues to the day.

The rex from the first film cannot ever be bettered no matter how good the graphics become - I just wish they understood that.
Totally agree- the first film set the standard and I don't think any dinosaur, no matter what they invent, or merge or whatever will ever compare to the T-Rex from the first. The suspense, the ripples in the water from its approach and the terror of it chasing down the jeep were amazing.

Iconic, amazing and a genuinely white knuckle ride in that film. I love it to this day. It's the 'Jaws' for the dino generation and unlikely to be bettered.

(ps the dino erotic novels or whatever they were just up the thread were hilarious and disturbing in equal measure! They could make a new new film- 'Jurassic Pork' )
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Old 06-07-2015, 15:14
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I believe that many online retailers refuse to sell these books after the Daily Mail ran a front-page outrage story on them and other bestiality-themed books. They had, if I recall right, ran a story on the dinosaur-themed books a few weeks before with no such criticism and treated them as a joke. One of their many cases of amnesia.
After the first report they obviously found out the dinosaurs were IMMIGRANTS who were camping out near respectable middle class homes, driving down HOUSE PRICES!

But the big question is, do dinosaurs CAUSE CANCER or CURE CANCER?!!?
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Old 06-07-2015, 19:34
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Totally agree- the first film set the standard and I don't think any dinosaur, no matter what they invent, or merge or whatever will ever compare to the T-Rex from the first. The suspense, the ripples in the water from its approach and the terror of it chasing down the jeep were amazing.

Iconic, amazing and a genuinely white knuckle ride in that film. I love it to this day. It's the 'Jaws' for the dino generation and unlikely to be bettered.

(ps the dino erotic novels or whatever they were just up the thread were hilarious and disturbing in equal measure! They could make a new new film- 'Jurassic Pork' ;))
Or -

Triassic Titf*****s

Jurassic Jugs of Joy.

Cretaceous C*mbath Cuties.

The possibilities are endless!
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Old 10-07-2015, 00:44
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A hilarious spoof video on Jurassic World's 'racism' by a Pakistani British comedian that some sad and deluded terminally offended types actually took seriously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4ygI0GHV8
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Old 11-07-2015, 18:26
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An interesting article by the brilliant Scott Hartman on the massive 'oddball' theropod Deinocheirus.

http://www.skeletaldrawing.com/home/...r-mimic7102015

http://img04.deviantart.net/def2/i/2...an-d90laio.jpg
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Old 14-07-2015, 23:42
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A few recent articles and a nice gallery that some may find interesting.

https://twilightbeasts.wordpress.com...rn-in-the-usa/

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...955878/?no-ist

http://romangm.com/new-ceratopsian-dinosaurs/

http://kana-hebi.deviantart.com/gall...29245/PaleoArt
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Old 15-07-2015, 17:58
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A new paper has come out suggesting that some prehistoric Proboscideans (elephants, mastodons, mammoths) could finally take the title of the heaviest land mammal in history from the mega-rhino Paraceratherium.

If this turns out to be the case and Palaeoloxodon namadicus could reach a mass 22 tons this is very interesting indeed.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....alk-the-earth/

http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/publis...362014_acc.pdf

Here is a very nice size comparison between a 6 ton bull elephant and Palaeoloxodon.

http://orig11.deviantart.net/053b/f/...ca-d913zff.jpg
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Old 16-07-2015, 14:46
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The Guardian is reporting that the biggest ever winged dinosaur has been found in China:

An ancient feathered creature dug up in northeastern China is the largest winged dinosaur ever found, researchers say.

The fossil of the prehistoric raptor is so well preserved that scientists have been able to reconstruct its impressive plumage, from the tiny feathers on its head and neck, to the larger quill pen-like feathers that sprout from its tail and substantial wings.

A cousin of the velociraptor made famous by the Jurassic Park movies, the carnivore two metres in length lived 125m years ago in the region where dense forests became home to some of the first flowering plants.
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...scovered-china

Link contains photos of the fossil and a fantastic artist's impression of what the fully-fledged creature might've looked like.
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Old 16-07-2015, 19:26
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The Guardian is reporting that the biggest ever winged dinosaur has been found in China:



http://www.theguardian.com/science/2...scovered-china

Link contains photos of the fossil and a fantastic artist's impression of what the fully-fledged creature might've looked like.
BBC covering this too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33510288
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Old 16-07-2015, 20:01
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Yes, it is a very popular story online at the moment.

http://www.livescience.com/51578-vel...-feathers.html

http://www.livescience.com/51572-fea...in-photos.html

Just imagine if the fossil preservation of bigger Dromaeosaurids like Utahraptor (or even the largest carnivorous dinosaurs like rex) was as superb as it is in China.

The mind boggles at what could be revealed.
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Old 16-07-2015, 21:04
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Apologies if this has been covered in the thread already, but I was rather surprised by an item on Radio 4 earlier. Apparently this is very much a boom time for dinosaur hunters, with an average of 1 new species being discovered each week - mostly in China.
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Old 16-07-2015, 22:55
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Apologies if this has been covered in the thread already, but I was rather surprised by an item on Radio 4 earlier. Apparently this is very much a boom time for dinosaur hunters, with an average of 1 new species being discovered each week - mostly in China.
It is the golden age of dinosaur discovery right now.

China is simply unmatched at the moment.

Until Yutyrannus huali was discovered (for example) there was no big Tyrannosaur genus preserved well enough to show any plumage or protofeathers.

China is the place to be for non avian dinosaur feathers!
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Old 17-07-2015, 19:35
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A few old blog articles about 'Prosauropod' sizes. Good to see that the classic Plateosaurus is still amongst them (that beast was always one of the first dinos mentioned in the old books).

https://dracovenator.wordpress.com/2...ur-that-wasnt/

https://dracovenator.wordpress.com/2...ropods-part-2/

https://dracovenator.wordpress.com/2...ropods-part-3/
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Old 19-07-2015, 04:49
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A T. rex yawns sleepily as she wakes up at sunrise in the Late Cretaceous.

Not many depictions of rex show the animal resting, sleeping or any other behaviour other than hunting - so images like this make a nice change.

http://img11.deviantart.net/7ef6/i/2...an-d91km60.jpg

A few more recent recent rex reconstructions.

http://img15.deviantart.net/8ecf/i/2...ni-d90f9zt.jpg

http://img15.deviantart.net/dce0/i/2...bi-d9067ku.jpg

http://img11.deviantart.net/a4c0/i/2...uy-d8wqg56.jpg

The close relative of rex the Tyrannosaurid Tarbosaurus bataar stalks the land in search of prey.

http://orig04.deviantart.net/91ec/f/...e3-d90xb28.jpg

More Tarbosaurus illustrations.

http://img15.deviantart.net/8bf8/i/2...uy-d8ymqd6.jpg

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....us-conway.jpeg

Deinocheirus again.

http://img01.deviantart.net/a64b/i/2...uy-d90qatl.jpg

http://img08.deviantart.net/fbc7/i/2...bi-d90pb4x.jpg

An old alpha bull Pachyrhinosaurus perotorum leads the herd crossing a river in what is now the Prince Creek Formation in Alaska.

http://orig10.deviantart.net/8169/f/...93-d90a92c.png

Plateosaurus with protofeathers.

http://img06.deviantart.net/9c8a/i/2...uy-d919r0p.jpg
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Old 19-07-2015, 09:26
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It is the golden age of dinosaur discovery right now.

China is simply unmatched at the moment.

Until Yutyrannus huali was discovered (for example) there was no big Tyrannosaur genus preserved well enough to show any plumage or protofeathers.

China is the place to be for non avian dinosaur feathers!
Japan trying to get in on the act:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news...where-33522144
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Old 19-07-2015, 19:16
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An interesting reconstruction of the giant predatory Ichthyosaur genus Temnodontosaurus.

Not all species were as large as this but some were truly huge (as seen here) and many superb skeletons are from good old Blighty as well!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...idae_indet.jpg

Wiki is pretty good and here is an article by Darren Naish on the great predators.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temnodontosaurus

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/...nodontosaurus/

A rather nice skull of Temnodontosaurus platydon (this species was around 9 metres or so long).

http://41.media.tumblr.com/6d57ed919...cmao1_1280.jpg
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Old 21-07-2015, 01:42
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Some Asian (non-sauropod) dinosaur giants of the Cretaceous.

Notice the size of the vast Hadrosaur Shantungosaurus giganteus.

http://img01.deviantart.net/bf5e/i/2...uy-d90uw7a.jpg

Megalodon had incredibly strong teeth and no need for toothpaste!

http://news.discovery.com/animals/sh...ste-150717.htm

The study of it's bones reveals how Maiasaura grew up.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....saura-grew-up/
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Old 23-07-2015, 20:46
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Explain this one Creationists.

Or will you be blind deaf and dumb (as usual) whenever a transitional fossil is discovered?

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ith-four-legs/

http://www.livescience.com/51649-fou...ke-fossil.html

http://www.livescience.com/51643-pho...ged-snake.html

http://news.discovery.com/animals/fi...tos-150723.htm

Talking of Creationists Noah's Ark is updated and improved.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....-for-our-time/

Amy reads the full essay from her book.

https://soundcloud.com/milkweed-edit...he-animals-amy

Finally a nice article on British Ice age Megafauna.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150...of-the-ice-age
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Old 23-07-2015, 22:01
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Explain this one Creationists.

Or will you be blind deaf and dumb (as usual) whenever a transitional fossil is discovered?

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....ith-four-legs/

http://www.livescience.com/51649-fou...ke-fossil.html

http://www.livescience.com/51643-pho...ged-snake.html

http://news.discovery.com/animals/fi...tos-150723.htm

Talking of Creationists Noah's Ark is updated and improved.

http://phenomena.nationalgeographic....-for-our-time/

Amy reads the full essay from her book.

https://soundcloud.com/milkweed-edit...he-animals-amy

Finally a nice article on British Ice age Megafauna.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20150...of-the-ice-age
All this shows is that at one time there was a snake-like creature that had legs; perhaps a lizard type animal. As usual in these reports, the dating of these fossils is widely out,because God created the world about 6000 years ago.
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Old 23-07-2015, 22:16
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All this shows is that at one time there was a snake-like creature that had legs; perhaps a lizard type animal. As usual in these reports, the dating of these fossils is widely out,because God created the world about 6000 years ago.
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Old 23-07-2015, 22:25
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All this shows is that at one time there was a snake-like creature that had legs; perhaps a lizard type animal. As usual in these reports, the dating of these fossils is widely out,because God created the world about 6000 years ago.
Can you explain lost under water cities circa 8 to 12,000 years old?

http://www.rabbithole2.com/presentat...ties_found.htm
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