Chocobo
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 19 Apr 16:24
https://mander.xyz/post/28440226

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Rajkuhl@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 16:34 next collapse

I shall name him Kweh-vin.

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 16:45 next collapse

Anyone else ever wonder whether the dinosaurs were delicious?

kata1yst@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 16:53 next collapse

100% they absolutely were.

Give geneticists 20 years, we’ll have lab grown T-Rex in the grocery store

floo@retrolemmy.com on 19 Apr 17:04 next collapse

“Welcome to… Jurassic Farms!

captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Apr 17:29 next collapse

Can’t wait for brontoburgers.

Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 19:07 collapse

Or the ribs that are so good that you order them knowing you’re gonna have to flip your car back on its wheels when you’re done.

flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz on 19 Apr 17:54 next collapse

I suspect T-Rex (like carnivores in general) isn’t such a good choice if meat is your goal. Sauropods on the other hand? Tons and tons of meat from a single herbivore animal. You might even be able to use existing cattle feed.

kata1yst@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 18:00 next collapse

Well that’s true if you have a live animal producing your meat. Not sure that applies if the meat is lab grown though?

BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 20:35 collapse

At the point where we’re making lab-grown dinosaur meat, I suspect the cool factor is way more important than silly things like efficiency. T-Rex meat all the way babyyy

ChicoSuave@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 21:51 collapse

Great, can’t wait to hear beards gatekeep ancient flavor.

“T-Rex is soooo gamey. I prefer Diplodocus veal” “Have you tried pteranodon wings? Like buffalo wings from real buffalo”

tdawg@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:57 next collapse

“tastes just like chicken”

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org on 19 Apr 22:32 collapse

Many of them probably would

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Apr 09:13 collapse

i’d imagine they’d largely taste like wild turkey/alligator, since that’s basically what they were and how they lived.

VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 18:22 next collapse

I just need to know which one would be best with stuffing and gravy for Thanksgiving.

jimmux@programming.dev on 20 Apr 07:17 collapse

Forget the turducken. This year we’re having brachiotyranotriceradilophovelociturducken.

ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 20:38 collapse

Would they taste like chicken, or like lizard?

ryedaft@sh.itjust.works on 20 Apr 21:33 collapse

Most birds don’t taste like chicken though

Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 21 Apr 05:13 collapse

Not even all parts of a chicken taste the same.

finitebanjo@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 16:49 next collapse

My favorite dinosaur is the Ayam Cemani AKA the big black cock

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/0428dfae-41d9-4e6c-a6e9-84753f5260e5.jpeg">

ininewcrow@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 16:56 next collapse

NSFW

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 19 Apr 17:20 next collapse

What a big boy!

Skua@kbin.earth on 19 Apr 17:23 next collapse

Ahh, the goth chick

danekrae@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:30 next collapse

You S.O.B!

I just tried to find more info, and now I feel bad about myself…

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca on 19 Apr 19:08 next collapse

None More Black, Hotblack Desiato’s preferred fowl.

hakunawazo@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 19:29 next collapse

Hmm, I got different results using a search engine…

socsa@piefed.social on 20 Apr 20:21 next collapse

This better not awaken anything in me.

LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org on 21 Apr 05:57 collapse

Simple; beautiful; classic.

Lime66@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 17:06 next collapse

So your favorite bird genre is birds as a whole? Nice, me too!

HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 17:25 next collapse

How do you call this species?

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 19 Apr 18:25 collapse

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groove-billed_ani

FreshLight@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 18:53 next collapse

Ani are you groove-billed?

Are you groove-billed, Ani?

killingspark@feddit.org on 20 Apr 06:57 next collapse

I had to try this out loud, those are too many letters for so little syllables. But it does work.

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Apr 09:16 collapse
HenriVolney@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 19:05 next collapse

Thanks!

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 19 Apr 19:44 collapse

De nada.

Naz@sh.itjust.works on 20 Apr 04:13 collapse

<img alt="" src="https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/4515ac09-cba8-4e50-a313-0f8cbe93538c.jpeg">

Thank you so much, I just learned there’s a blue version

Corno@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 19:14 next collapse

Hoatzin chicks have joined the chat

<img alt="" src="https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/2f3e3b20-e655-414c-9599-da9196f0aee8.png">

vonxylofon@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 19:25 next collapse

All birds are.

negativenull@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 19:26 next collapse

Cassowary feet
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b53665e2-993c-4d7b-8edc-0eda5bfbfa01.jpeg">

Klear@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 20:42 next collapse

Clever bird…

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org on 19 Apr 22:31 next collapse

Cassowary head

<img alt="" src="https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/0058a0ec-5bea-4652-8001-48e966d4804f.jpeg">

CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 06:48 next collapse

Cassoway = Velociraptors if they could also fly short distances.
Though fortunately generally non-aggressive unless you piss them off.

Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org on 20 Apr 06:53 next collapse

Well who on earth would be foolish enough to piss them off?

Tap for answer

<img alt="" src="https://feddit.org/pictrs/image/a5795e55-4fc2-44b1-81b4-c6aea7c3fc8d.jpeg">

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Apr 09:11 collapse

pretty sure velociraptors were actually smaller lmao, more along the size of turkeys

cassowaries are significantly scarier than velociraptors would have been.

Cordyceps@sopuli.xyz on 20 Apr 09:20 collapse

Make that an Utahraptor and we can reconsider

jimmux@programming.dev on 20 Apr 07:11 collapse

You should hear the sound they make. Thumping bass that you feel as much as you hear it.

match@pawb.social on 19 Apr 22:49 collapse

he have an onlyfans?

IggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Apr 20:41 next collapse

(Potentially) [NSFW]

Tap for spoiler

<img alt="" src="https://media1.tenor.com/m/DhVQjneMGKgAAAAd/me-and-the-boys.gif">

Edit: This one’s been floating around the net for long enough that I’d forgotten what the feathery chap in the back left was up to!

Hidden behind a spoiler for those who don’t want to see an owl swallowing an entire rat(!)

Klear@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 20:42 next collapse

It’s not what it seems to be!

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 19 Apr 21:08 collapse

Owls really are basically cats.

Ps, pls put a NSFW on it haha. I don’t mind but others will.

IggyTheSmidge@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Apr 21:48 collapse

Good call - not sure you can tag images in comments as NSFW (to get the auto-blur), but I’ve hidden it in spoiler tags.

BoobaAwooga@lemmynsfw.com on 19 Apr 21:35 next collapse

When did and why did dinosaurs go from giant fangs to beaks? Or are reptiles more direct descendants of those dinosaurs

MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Apr 03:29 next collapse

Birds are the only direct descendents of dinosaurs. Reptiles were around at the same time as dinosaurs and evolved independently. There are huge differences, scales instead of skin and feathers, cold blooded instead of warm, etc.

Why Do Birds No Longer Have Teeth?

Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca on 20 Apr 19:54 collapse

TL;DR: Beaks are a lot lighter and more easily adapted than teeth.

Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Apr 09:14 next collapse

fwiw there were plenty of non-avian dinosaurs with beaks, ceratopsids for one.

socsa@piefed.social on 20 Apr 20:18 collapse

Fangs are still pretty rare in reptiles. Most lizards have basically some form of serrated beak.

SexDwarf@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 05:39 next collapse

Bird genre?

Alpha71@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 05:47 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e6b7bc2f-a4b0-4707-bd5b-d559bc8bcead.png">

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world on 22 Apr 00:57 collapse

The whole “dinosaurs having feathers makes them less scary” line of thought is kinda silly.

If you stick a pink bow and glitter on a knife, it doesn’t become any leas deadly, plus good luck getting that glitter out of your wounds if you do make it to the “I need to get that glitter out of my wounds” stage.

Alpha71@lemmy.world on 22 Apr 17:58 collapse

…it’s a cartoon…

SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 07:35 collapse

Birds don’t just look like dinosaurs they are dinosaurs, scientifically speaking.

Buddahriffic@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 19:42 collapse

Though by that logic, we’re all amphibians or something.