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Why does that seem strange? People who are interested will know or course, but to 99.99% of people, “dinosaur” specifically means lizards (often huge) that live
by aikinai 3y ago
Why does that seem strange? People who are interested will know or course, but to 99.99% of people, “dinosaur” specifically means lizards (often huge) that lived millions of years ago. Even the name means “terrible lizard” and a lot of people might remember that. They’re conceptually so far from birds that the relationship is naturally relegated to a tangential factoid.
- jandrese 3y agoConceptually they are very different than sparrows or robins, but if you get up close to a Cassowary one has the distinct impression of meeting a modern Utahraptor.
- steve_adams_86 3y agoThey're actually utahraptors hiding inside bird skins. They snuck out of the armageddon in costumes and they just wander around trying to act natural now.