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[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Random thought prompted by this thread...

So birds are basically just tiny descendants of dinosaurs, right? Parrots, corvids, and a few others are capable of mimicry.... were there any dinos that shared that trait?

 

Dude from Jurassic Park: "Clever girl..."

Raptor: "CLEVER GIRL! raptor bark sound thing CLEVER GIRL!" eats his face

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 31 points 8 months ago (2 children)

bear in mind that birds are a specific branch of dinosaurs, closest related to stuff like velociraptor.

so it's a pretty good bet that raptors would make bird-like noises (though probably less complex and lower pitched), but doubtful that a stegosaurus would sound anything like a bird.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 21 points 8 months ago

If only! Imagine a gigantic stegosaurus or triceratops tweeting away sweetly like a song bird.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Idk man there are some birds that don't even sound like birds.

Imagine a dinosaur sized shoebill snapping it's beak.

[–] zedgeist@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago
[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think i read somewhere that velociraptors were about as smart as a dog. Convergent evolution, because both are group-hunting predators.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So are dolphins (group hunting predators). Pretty sure they rank a lot higher than a dog on the intelligence scale.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

But they rank lower on the good boy scale so it evens out

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Hheellllpp mmeeee

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

"What the hell are you?"