Hey @diplocarpon, thanks for the follow request! Unfortunately there's not enough vibe on your profile to check, so...

What's your favorite dinosaur?

Mine would have to be... (an hour of research later) Aquilops, the ~3lb, 23" herbivore. To put that in non-freedom units, it's about the size and weight of a large pair of Doc Martens boots (toe-to-heel).

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@alice @[email protected] I was always a triceratops gal.
@alice @diplocarpon Archaeopteryx camp over here. Let's straddle the dinosaur/bird line!
@alice @diplocarpon I am also interested in this.
@Taco_lad @alice @diplocarpon My answer: all of them, even the extant ones. Actually all of the archosaurs are pretty awesome.
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Shout out to the new mosasaur t. Rex (and the new giant octopus, eater of mosasaurs)
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For illustrative purposes... I think the original artist is kaproc-01 at deviant art

@alice @diplocarpon the parasaurolophus is my all time favorite. It started with a skeleton puzzle exactly like the one pictured (my little brother chose the stegosaurus).

I'm still interested in what's the horn/crest was for. It seems each time I read about it, there's a new hypothesis.

@alice @diplocarpon parasaurolophus go 'toot'
@alice Denver. Still have old episodes taped from Saturday morning TV somewhere. 😸
@alice @diplocarpon do chickens count as dinosaurs in this context? Not asking for me, asking for a friend, like I know cool dinosaurs and I’m not obsessed with having 20 chickens that follow me everywhere while I’m dressed as a witch.
Like I said for a friend
@nickynah @alice @diplocarpon I came to join Team Chicken, so we're going to go with "yes" by popular demand.
@nickynah @alice @diplocarpon Why did the dinosaur cross the road?

@nickynah @alice @diplocarpon Alice did not specify Β« non-avian dinosaurs Β», so Chickens are a valid dinosaur in this regard.

You could do like scientists and stick a T-Rex tail to one of them to study how they balance and walk, though.

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I always was a stegosaurus fan, but one of my kids' books on dinosaurs had an illustration of minmi (an ankylosaur) that was so adorable it might be my new favorite.
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Traded a stick with some nails in for a club. Reasonable choice.

@alice @diplocarpon Ankylosaur has dominated my personal list of favourites, but the ceratopsians and Dimetrodon were always close to the top.

@alice @diplocarpon I always loved the dilophosaurus, it was so beautifully wicked.
Then I googled it (for the name)
Then I learned there is no information hinting it was actually poisonous
Then I learned that even the red frills were just an invention for the movie.
Now I am not sure...

Are #dragons #dinosaurs ?
Magic dinosaurs. I go with that.

Then my favourite dinosaur is Draco from Dragonheart πŸ˜‡πŸ€·

@alice @diplocarpon add-on: I found a quote once, that fits here:
"Americans will use anything for measuring before using the metric system..." 😜