also the delicious irony in that t.rex is one of few dinosaurs that it seems did not have feathers, though in turn it seems it had naked skin rather than scales..

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 15 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Exactly, scientists have been saying this forever but evil oversized bipedal crocs sell. Compared to big fluffy unicorn pigeons that eat each other.

[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Big fluffy unicorn pigeons actually goes harder

[–] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Exactly, scientists have been saying this forever but evil oversized bipedal crocs sell.

It honestly feels like a marketing issue more than anything. A non-zero amount of people think modern dinosaurs are "boring" because they don't look like Jurassic Park.

Compared to big fluffy unicorn pigeons that eat each other.

Like people would happily be swooped by a magpie if given the chance.

A knee-high raptor who will happily leap up and bite chunks off of larger prey whilst they're still alive and kicking seems like it would retain much of the terror.

[–] blarth@thelemmy.club 3 points 6 days ago

I did not see any advocacy for this view of dinosaurs in the 90s. Only very recently. Our museums also don’t depict these dinosaurs as being feathered. They are almost always depicted with leather or scaly hides.

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Kick ass spooky unicorn pidgeons

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

The article is about this, and much more!