After the velociraptor pet care

I was prepared to nerd out and correct the JP flaws, but Dinwar (and others) beat me to it.

I do have to ask, Dinwar:
Dinwar said:
Ankylosaurids
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Really? I get the whole sauropods and trikes (etc.) are scary thing, but the Anklyosaurids? I figured I would ride one once we get them cloned.

And since we are talking about scary prehistoric animals, this is the one that you should truly be afraid of. The mighty Dimetrodon.
 
Dude, an Ankylosaurid is a TANK. A tank that drives itself! With massive weapons of various types on the back end! And there's never one of them--where you see one, there's a whole lot more that you missed (at least, that's my understanding--could be wrong here). Think of how many people are injured or killed by cows--and then imagine a cow covered in armor, with swords and daggers sticking out in various places. Oh, and a smaller brain. :eek:

If you can get them tame enough to ride, I'd want a whole herd of them. I just don't want to be in the same county as the person trying to tame them. :p

Mr. Purple said:
And since we are talking about scary prehistoric animals, this is the one that you should truly be afraid of.
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Ironically enough, that guy is more closely related to humans than dinosaurs. A very cool monster. Hard to ride, though, what with the giant sail in just the wrong possition for me to be comfortable. :eye-poppi :D
 
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I was wondering how the frog DNA contribution to the J.P. animules didn't result in leaping croaking -saurs-?
A bounding Apatosaurus... that'd get yer attention!
 
I've just seen the trailer for the new series of Primeval, which shows some guy looking out of darkness into a lit walk-in freezer, out of which a large raptor suddenly appears and attacks him.

A reptile. Running, really quickly, out of a freezer.

I won't be watching it. I haven't got a rope strong enough to suspend that much disbelief.

Dave
 
Dave Rogers said:
I've just seen the trailer for the new series of Primeval, which shows some guy looking out of darkness into a lit walk-in freezer, out of which a large raptor suddenly appears and attacks him.

A reptile. Running, really quickly, out of a freezer.

I won't be watching it. I haven't got a rope strong enough to suspend that much disbelief.

Dave
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You do know that raptors aren't reptiles, right? And very probably weren't cold blooded?
 
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The question is how do you provide the atmosphere it is used to? There was a much higher percentage of O2 in the atmosphere at that time, perhaps as high as 30%. That would definitely increase the risk of fire compared to what we are used to.
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In the Cretacous? No, the Oxygen% then was more like 17%.



Source: Peter D. Ward, Out Of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds and Earths Ancient Atmosphere, 2006.
 
Source: Peter D. Ward, Out Of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds and Earths Ancient Atmosphere, 2006.
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Is this one of Ward's books, or a paper? And if it's a paper, could you supply the journal? I've started getting into Ward's work (though to be honest "Future Evolution" was a bit odd, and I'm not sure I agree with some of his conclusions), and this one certainly sounds like one I need to read.
 
Racoons will jack you up if they get the chance. Fortunately they're cowardly. I'd bet that a small pack of full-grown raccoons (a half dozen or so) could easily take out a human. The hard part for them would be dragging you down to the creek to wash you before they eat you :D
 
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