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Extinct Animal Questions
Topic Started: Nov 26 2013, 10:24 PM (193,259 Views)
stargatedalek
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I've only ever heard it pronounced "bear" by people with British accents in documentaries, so since that wasn't how I saw it spelled out in books or heard it by people working at museums I assumed it was the accent.
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I have honestly never heard anyone pronounce Baryonyx in any other way than "bear".
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Incinerox
Oct 13 2016, 04:00 PM
... Why would it be pronounced as "bear"?
The staff at Dinosaur National Monument typically say "Bear," so I was unsure of whether I've been pronouncing it wrong or not.
Edited by Denomon3144, Oct 13 2016, 10:43 PM.
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Acinonyx Jubatus
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To end the debate (and to return to the original point) I really don't think it matters how you pronounce Barosaurus. It's like you can pronounce Parasaurolophus Para-saur-olophus or Para-sauro-lophus- it's just personal preference.

Personally, I pronounce Futalognkosaurus with a sneeze in the middle.
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Inaba
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Dunno if this has already been asked before or not, but does anyone here have any idea what's the main purpose of Concavenator's hip hump?
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stargatedalek
Oct 13 2016, 09:11 PM
54godamora
Oct 13 2016, 08:13 PM
I'm serious. its for my story I'm working on
Well you're still getting nowhere, first of all you'd need something that already exists in the same universe, if we start throwing things from pre-established canons with their own lore and laws that exist within that lore into other canons without a pre-established logic system nothing will make sense. I might as well just tell you "Keijo best animu*" as the answer to every question you ask.

You can't compare something like Chaos Effect to a real life baseline without first establishing that baseline. These animals are ridiculously overpowered even within their own universe, even barring the presumably over-hyped package descriptions from Kenner, some of the creators for the TV show once described it as "X-Files with dinosaurs"**. Chaos Effect was intended to be a relatively gritty cartoon (for the standards of the time at least) by its creators, this clashed heavily with the limited marketing it received and that contradiction very possibly had to do with its premature cancellation.

Kenner describes the Tanaconda as a creature part anaconda and part Tanystropheus (yet also possessing venom because reasons).
http://www.jptoys.com/toy-database/chaos-effect/dinosaurs/tanaconda/index.htm
 
A silent hunter, the Tanaconda is a perfect amphibious predator. Its long neck is ideal for darting after fish and constricting unlucky land-based prey. Venom glands located in the Tanaconda’s throat inject poison into its victims through lethal, piercing fangs.
It's unclear whether it can constrict prey with its throat and tail, but the name (and figurine itself [despite being a repainted JPS2 Tanystropheus]) heavily implies it. Given that "land-based prey" would be in reference to dinosaurs, it stands to reason that its venom would also be effective against aquatic Archosaurs. You're probably going to need something that isn't an Archosaur and is large enough to avoid constriction to put up an effective fight. A crocodile is probably the worst choice period, since their behavior seems to imply direct competition and the Tanaconda's presence as an invasive species (this is among hypothetical Jurassic Park grade crocodilians at that) would imply it has the upper hand.



*For those not keeping up with this fall season Google that at your own risk.

**I can't find the interview anymore, I thought it was one of the JPToys interviews but I may be mistaken entirely so take with salt.
well, what if said crocodile had powers like fire-breath or electric bolts from its mouth since my character can shape-shift into various prehistoric animals that are enhanced
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Godamora, these are not extinct animal questions.
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CyborgIguana
Oct 14 2016, 11:37 AM
Godamora, these are not extinct animal questions.
Thank you. Someone said it.

Your story may be interesting, well-written and overall good, 54godamora. but when you reach the point of fantasy where Proterochampsids can shapeshift and breathe fire, it has ceased to have any basis in anything resembling reality. At this point you may as well have an Oligokyphus take down a full-size Argentinosaurus and it would be at least equally as believable as a crocodile versus a mutant tanystropheus.
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stargatedalek
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54godamora
Oct 14 2016, 07:58 AM
well, what if said crocodile had powers like fire-breath or electric bolts from its mouth since my character can shape-shift into various prehistoric animals that are enhanced
Then what is there even to fight? If your character can just shape-shift into Goku in crocodile form that's like, the end of the story.

Science fiction related questions are one thing, but these questions are just silly. At the very least go back to asking JP toy related questions, those are moderately fun to answer.
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stargatedalek
Oct 13 2016, 09:42 PM
I've only ever heard it pronounced "bear" by people with British accents in documentaries, so since that wasn't how I saw it spelled out in books or heard it by people working at museums I assumed it was the accent.
Are you SURE they were British?

As a Brit yself, that doesn't sound right at all.
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I have to agree as a Brit also, and as someone who has that sort of accent I've never pronounced it as "bear".
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It's really not a matter of accent but how you were taught to pronounce latin, if at all. Those with no latin skills whatsoever just guess, and the others make educated guesses. At least for plant genera, the emphasis is on the third-to-last syllable by convention (contrary to latin where it would be on the second-to-last syllable). I'm not sure if there is such a rule for animal genera, but if there is, it certainly limits what you can say and what you can't, as emphasis also influences which vowels can occur in each syllable.
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I have a character that can shape-shift into various prehistoric animals and each one are enhanced because he fights the Creatures of Grimm.
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54godamora, as others have said, this topic is about scientific facts or speculation at best (still based on evidence), if you start pulling out superpowers and such your questions do not belong to this section. Therefore please try to stick to the original subject of the topic, otherwise the staff might consider warning you for going offtopic.
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Incinerox
Oct 14 2016, 02:32 PM
stargatedalek
Oct 13 2016, 09:42 PM
I've only ever heard it pronounced "bear" by people with British accents in documentaries, so since that wasn't how I saw it spelled out in books or heard it by people working at museums I assumed it was the accent.
Are you SURE they were British?

As a Brit yself, that doesn't sound right at all.
It may not be the accent so much as a lot of the "mainstream" dinosaur documentaries being produced by BBC which makes it feel like you only ever hear these names pronounced with an accent.
https://youtu.be/94jLUmbqyMQ?t=63
https://youtu.be/cG5iydU4QPY?t=266

Also found someone say it with an American accent, so that's that.
https://youtu.be/vu8Ve-3N2Ho?t=759
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