J. R. Carpenter
this anatomical model of a sperm whale has me worried we’ve got dinosaurs all wrong
Nov 19, 2022 at 7:32amWeb
Show threadErinNov 20, 2022
@jrcarpenter there's also the classic (maybe apocryphal? I don't know things) example of elephant skulls inspiring the myth of the cyclops
Show threadLucifarGundamNov 21, 2022
@ChateauErin @jrcarpenter
Show threadneoteotihuacanNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter Narrator: they did, in fact, get dinosaurs all wrong.
Show threadArturiaNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter someone made the argument that if you take a hippo's skull and try to reconstruct the flesh and skin you will end up with a totally different animal.
Show threadAlbert CardonaNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter For marine animals where gravity plays much less of a role, I think you have a great point here. For terrestrial ones, bones really matter to keep the flesh up in place.
Show threadVíctor E. GilNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter pssss, @fbpsy has visto esto?
Show threadKithasNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter it was the case thought most of paleontology's time. But as far as I know nowadays we have a pretty certain assumption of how dinosaurs were.
Show threadFictitious Droll and DreamerNov 21, 2022
@jrcarpenter https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRvj0Cmr-p0XnU2SnEJiNfrtgoBzcxeMCXmsw&usqp=CAU
Show threadTómate un KristatNov 22, 2022
@navegar @jrcarpenter TBF the reconstruction feels more accurate to show how barbaric hippos are
Show threadMarsNov 21, 2022

@jrcarpenter There are some adorable drawings of chubby sauropods. Another great one is a pidgeon-like theropod.

Also, keep an eye for artists like John Conway that have made a career in peloart trying different things