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Daily Discussion Thread: Monday, 27 January, 2025 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by briongloid@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Australia Day Public Holiday.

Going to be a high temperature one.

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[–] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So the brachiosaurus right at the start of the Jurassic World exhibition scared the boys, but they were fine with the raptor and the scary part with the T.rex at the end. I think they were surprised to see dinosaurs to start with and then got into it

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

That's the coolest thing 😊

and it's good to be a bit scared of the natural world, I think that feeling of danger in everyday life is something that modern humans has lost