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minus-squareBut_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up70arrow-down1·1 month agoFossils are more than just bone in many cases, and study of bones can reveal what they were. Example is that T. rex had lips. How would they know that? By looking at the teeth and how they wear down compared to other animals like alligators, etc.
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·1 month agoYou can also see where the lip muscles attach to the jaw. The memes that our current Dino images are wrong are very outdated. Our images are probably surprisingly close to reality.
minus-squareNewNewAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhy don’t you want us to have weird dinosaurs?
minus-squarexx3rawr@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWe already have them, just follow any paleoartist that microblogs.
minus-squareFiripu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoThere are plenty of weird dinos. Just as there are plenty bonkers contemporary animals. Nature is wild :D
minus-squareSlovene@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 month ago Example is that T. rex had lips.
Fossils are more than just bone in many cases, and study of bones can reveal what they were. Example is that T. rex had lips. How would they know that? By looking at the teeth and how they wear down compared to other animals like alligators, etc.
You can also see where the lip muscles attach to the jaw.
The memes that our current Dino images are wrong are very outdated. Our images are probably surprisingly close to reality.
Why don’t you want us to have weird dinosaurs?
We already have them, just follow any paleoartist that microblogs.
There are plenty of weird dinos. Just as there are plenty bonkers contemporary animals. Nature is wild :D
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