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What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,401 Views)
CyborgIguana
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Well at least he didn't edit the main article, but he clearly doesn't understand exactly how science works (ironic given his apparent username). The fact is authoritative opinions CAN be reliable in science if they're backed up by studies and calculations, which is the case with Witton and Habib (the former of which this idiot neglected to mention was also involved in the study of azhdarchid flight capability). I wonder if he even read the paper.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Apr 18 2014, 11:39 AM.
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Ignacio
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But Wikipedia articles are monitored by a staff or group of people. If something is outdated or wrong it will be corrected soon i'm sure.

To me is a trust worthy site. All the info i've serach and found about things that i know of (like medicine stuff) is correct.
Edited by Ignacio, Apr 18 2014, 11:40 AM.
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CyborgIguana
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I know, I generally trust Wikipedia articles (it's what people suggest in the discussion pages that worries me).
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Ignacio
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Oh i never check those xD
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Tyranachu
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How almost every time a theropod kills something in a documentary, it has to do some "victory roar".

Yeah, like that wouldn't attract bigger predators and scare potential prey away. :|
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CyborgIguana
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Sometimes they even roar while stalking prey. It really doesn't take much thought to understand why this wouldn't work!
Edited by CyborgIguana, Apr 19 2014, 01:43 PM.
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Furka
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The actual fact they roar kinda bothers me, they aren't lions afterall.
But, I guess audience is more important ...
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CyborgIguana
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Yeah, it would be nice to see a theropod hissing or bellowing in a reptilian manner for once, rather than the mammalian roars they're usually given.
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Dr. Hax
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Well, crocodiles, Dinosaurs closest living reptilian relatives are known to roar occasionally (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6HBHWzxL0Y), so the idea of a T. rex roaring isn't all that far fetched in and of itself, but having a roar similar to a lion or bear rather than a crocodile is questionable.
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DinoBear
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Yeah, crocodiles can roar, and so do some birds (or at least, something similar to roaring). Mammalian style roars do get rather annoying though.
Edited by DinoBear, Apr 19 2014, 09:23 PM.
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CyborgIguana
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Dr. Hax
Apr 19 2014, 09:01 PM
Well, crocodiles, Dinosaurs closest living reptilian relatives are known to roar occasionally (Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6HBHWzxL0Y), so the idea of a T. rex roaring isn't all that far fetched in and of itself, but having a roar similar to a lion or bear rather than a crocodile is questionable.
That's what I meant by "bellowing" (I'm just getting a bit weary of T. rex and Allosaurus always roaring like big cats).
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Furka
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Or like elephants, in many cases.
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CyborgIguana
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Not sure if this is paleontology, but people who complain about inaccuracies in the Carnivores games are certainly eyeroll-worthy. They do know the series takes place on another planet, right? It's a miracle that it even has the same animals.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Apr 21 2014, 04:56 PM.
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Bigwhale
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This comment on a dino page (yeah the page itself wasn't accurate):

Some dirty words here


I was like wat? If Deinonychosaurs and Troodonids are speculated as smart as a chicken (I know, smart enough), T. rex will not be better in smarts. While others are JP fanboy stuffs mostly.
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Ignacio
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And the fact that for most people dinosaurs have to be badasses to be cool... that anoys me.
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