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You picked the one picture where they don't look like they were created by Jim Henson.
Oh, there are plenty of these, it's just this angle in particular that tells the monkey brain something's about to rip its guts out
Most pictures they look awfully goofy, this one you can tell that they are dinosaurs.
Edit to add: 
This was a part of the sequel to Labyrinth that was never made and you can't convince me otherwise.
That dude looks like he wants to fuck. my. shit. up.
Because he DOES
Right?! It's such a creepy pic! Kinda gives me the same vibe as the OG smiledog.jpg (not the over exposed one - that one I always found silly)
They’re dinosaurs.
Shoebills seriously don't look real. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sRTtMaKxC00
Example of "living fossil".
you know what forward facing eyes means...
Every dinosaur bird is like:
Here is a badass apex predator that is perfectly adapted to its environment; it is going extinct because it won't stop killing its own kind for fun.
The Bird
So is this the actor that played Big Bird? I mean I heard rumors he got cranky… but seriously…
Up until the 15th century, we still had birds this big:
That's around 3.6 meters.
I had a girlfriend like that once.
"kills it's siblings" Ladybugs: "first time ?"
this post was submitted on 25 Apr 2024
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