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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 (256,334 Views)
stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

Furka
Aug 3 2014, 05:44 PM
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The fact no girl I know would talk about dinos with me like that >:(
The fact no girl I know over the age of 10 would talk about dinos with me like that
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CyborgIguana
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^Same problem.
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stargatedalek
Aug 3 2014, 05:52 PM
Furka
Aug 3 2014, 05:44 PM
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The fact no girl I know would talk about dinos with me like that >:(
The fact no girl I know over the age of 10 would talk about dinos with me like that
And no boy
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CyborgIguana
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Pterosaurs being constantly compared to bats. They're both quadrupedal and both have wings consisting of a membrane supported by one or more elongated fingers, but aside from that the two groups have absolutely NOTHING in common!!! :implode:
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CyborgIguana
Aug 3 2014, 09:21 PM
Pterosaurs being constantly compared to bats. They're both quadrupedal and both have wings consisting of a membrane supported by one or more elongated fingers, but aside from that the two groups have absolutely NOTHING in common!!! :implode:
Bats can't even walk on their legs. They're too weak.
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A few actually can manage (vampire bats for instance, they can even gallop to some extent).
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@DR.Hax Not true, Vampire Bats, and many other species can run, walk and fly.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

and some pterosaurs were probably very poor at moving on the ground too
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This is more of a note to the post above..

It all essentially depends on wing to leg length ratios.. All pterosaurs were already quite disproportionate...
- but some, like the azhdarchoids, ctenochasmatoids, most rhamphorhynchoids and anurognathids, basal ornithocheiroids have nearly equal wing-leg proportions, thus allowing them to walk quite neatly
- and others, like the ornithocheirids proper, pteranodontids, and nyctosaurids, have wings far longer than their legs, and thus won't be able to walk much...
Nyctosaurids are even more notable for having no wingclaws at all... These guys would be the ones very adapted to pelagic seafaring...
Edited by Even, Aug 3 2014, 11:36 PM.
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Also, Chaoyangopterids, can probably stand up on two legs :P
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trisdino
Aug 3 2014, 03:05 PM
Less fanboys more or less equates being more civilized.
There's less dinosaur fanboys, but to be honest the community's still full of other types of fanboys...

What annoys me is that my best friend (who is a girl) has shown an interest in Palaeontology and often talks to me about it, but her friends are starting to ignore her because of it. Why does her liking Palaeontology affect them? xD
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Bigwhale
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Those kind of people just care on "trendy" things are and ignore things/people they think "lame". This thinking on Paleontology really annoys me.
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Never do they realise that trendiness is a moot point...
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BossAggron
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Formerly Dilophoraptor

I just showed my Friends how Metal dinosaurs are, Because they can still be Cool.
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Dnews... just Dnews...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-7iXyYS0uw


I am so sick of these people, and yet I stay subscribed, why? Because sometimes, on SOME subjects they are right, but paleontology? Nope, they do not have a clue. In this latest video, he makes so many mistakes it is hard to even count. Previously, Dnews reported on giant sloths for no bloody reason. No new research or discoveries had been made, no new species named, nothing, they just suddenly decided "you know what? SLOTHS!", and made it seem like giant sloths had just been discovered.
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