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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (9 children)

they are reptiles, so when i am cold, they are slow

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Woke up and chose violence this morning, so here goes:

Akshully, the Jurassic Park creatures are not reptiles for a number of reasons.

  1. Reptile is paraphyletic and arbitrarily groups species regardless of their lineage.

  2. T. Rex was likely warmblooded as its descendants are.

  3. The creatures are not entirely dinosaurs. They're hybrids of dinosaurs, and modern animals that the Jurassic Park scientists believed were most similar genetically.

Anyway, thanks for commenting, and I hope I've conveyed an appreciative and respectful tone. I sincerely just like sharing, learning, and discussing things.

Also, fight me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Very interesting. Were T-Rex really warm blooded, i thought that was a trait dinosaurs did not have at all and an advantage e.g. mammals had, allowing us to adapt better to the shifting climate?

EDIT: birds even inherited warm bloodness from the dinosaurs: https://www.livescience.com/dinosaur-metabolism-warm-cold-blooded the more you know

sorry for spreading missinformation

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

You're not spreading misinformation. You stated your thesis based on your assumptions. You tested it, and then shared your results. I really appreciate that.

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