If you could have a pet dinosaur what would it be?

[AntiVirus]

I would probably want to have a Raptor or something similar to the Raptor.  They say that the Raptors were very smart creatures, and I think it would be rather interesting to have one and train one.

[iago]

Dude, a raptor is a bird!

And if you mean Velociraptor, keep in mind that Jurassic Park doesn't portray them accurately. Although you might be better off having a dumb turkey-sized dinosaur anyways.

My favorite dinosaur is the Ankylosaurus. I don't know why. But if I had one, I'm not sure where I'd keep him. But I'd definitely ride him. It'd be like riding a tank!

[Sidoh]

[AntiVirus]

Dude, a raptor is a bird!

And if you mean Velociraptor, keep in mind that Jurassic Park doesn't portray them accurately. Although you might be better off having a dumb turkey-sized dinosaur anyways.

My favorite dinosaur is the Ankylosaurus. I don't know why. But if I had one, I'm not sure where I'd keep him. But I'd definitely ride him. It'd be like riding a tank!

Yes, I meant Velociraptor (I didn't know how to spell it so I just put Raptor for short)! :P

I think they look badass, and if you can ride it like you can in WoW that would be amazing.  They are so sexy.

[Sidoh]

Velociraptors are not to be trusted!

[iago]

Velociraptors were 18 inches tall! You don't ride turkey-sized animals, that's just craziness!

[AntiVirus]

Velociraptors were 18 inches tall! You don't ride turkey-sized animals, that's just craziness!

Are you sure?  I am not referencing Jurassic Park, but with every other show that is about dinosaurs (on Animal Planet) they always portray the raptors as a little larger.  Atleast 6' tall.  Am I talking about a different dino?

[iago]

This is a velociraptor, assuming Wikipedia allows image linking:



I remember seeing a fossil of one at a museum and being confused. The ones in jurassic part were apparently modeled after the Deinonychus. But even that one's pretty small, so I don't know.

<edit> some more info:

[Deinonychus] was [used in the movie] because Gregory S. Paul, in his book Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, concluded that Deinonychus was a species of Velociraptor and rechristened the species Velociraptor antirrhopus, a theory that has since been largely rejected.

[Hitmen]

If you read the xkcd blog, one of the somewhat recent entries actually says this:

By the way, as in all my comics, you can just read 'velociraptor' as referring not to the beagle-sized dinosaur, but rather as a generic term for whichever dromeosaurid most closely resembles the Jurassic Park animals.  That is, something between a deinonychus and a utahraptor.

:)

I remember seeing a fossil of one at a museum and being confused. The ones in jurassic part were apparently modeled after the Deinonychus. But even that one's pretty small, so I don't know.

The utahraptor is a bit bigger. 2 meters tall, 6 meters long. So the description from xkcd sounds pretty accurate

[Joe]

Either a tricerotops (sp?) because it'd be cool to ride, or a long-neck because it can double as a battering ram.

[iago]

If you read the xkcd blog, one of the somewhat recent entries actually says this:

By the way, as in all my comics, you can just read 'velociraptor' as referring not to the beagle-sized dinosaur, but rather as a generic term for whichever dromeosaurid most closely resembles the Jurassic Park animals.  That is, something between a deinonychus and a utahraptor.

:)

I remember seeing a fossil of one at a museum and being confused. The ones in jurassic part were apparently modeled after the Deinonychus. But even that one's pretty small, so I don't know.

The utahraptor is a bit bigger. 2 meters tall, 6 meters long. So the description from xkcd sounds pretty accurate

No, I don't read the "xkcd" blog. What the hell's the xkcd blog? :P

[AntiVirus]

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Either a tricerotops (sp?) because it'd be cool to ride, or a long-neck because it can double as a battering ram.

You want to ride Sarah and Little Foot?  Freak.

[Hitmen]

No, I don't read the "xkcd" blog. What the hell's the xkcd blog? :P

http://blag.xkcd.com/
slut

[Joe]

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Either a tricerotops (sp?) because it'd be cool to ride, or a long-neck because it can double as a battering ram.

You want to ride Sarah and Little Foot?  Freak.

Ah, what losers we are. That movie was going through my head when I typed that as well. :P

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Either a tricerotops (sp?) because it'd be cool to ride, or a long-neck because it can double as a battering ram.

You want to ride Sarah and Little Foot?  Freak.

Ah, what losers we are. That movie was going through my head when I typed that as well. :P

Lol.  My favorite part about that movie is how they never stopped making it.. It's on like Land Before Time XXVII or something like that! Lmfao