Dinosaur Sex & Other Fun Science Topics

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Recently some friends were discussing dinosaur sex because, apart from the obvious "how did they do it?" apparently some religious individuals do not believe dinosaurs existed because they claimed it was impossible for them to have sex (sigh)... I'm not making this up! 

Anyway, this brought us to this interesting article, enjoy

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-did-dinosaurs-have-sex/

 

[Gloves | 11,777]

The key missing element to our knowledge is a simple fact that we've ignored for far too long.

Dinosaurs had feathers.

They had wings.

They FLEW.

Dinosaurs had sex IN THE SKY, like the BIRDS that they were.

[The Count | 527]

I had sex in the sky once.

[TDIRunner | 2,735]

3 hours ago, Gloves said:

Dinosaurs had feathers.

 

Possibly the most disappointing scientific discovery of all time.  

 

 

[Hammerfestus | 3,839]

22 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

Possibly the most disappointing scientific discovery of all time.  

 

 

Yeah.  Jurassic Park just isn’t the same if they’re being chased by giant chickens.

[arch_8ngel | 1,597]

21 minutes ago, TDIRunner said:

Possibly the most disappointing scientific discovery of all time.  

 

 

Spoken like somebody who hasn't convinced their kid to keep eating dinner because it was made of "dinosaur meat"

[Estil | 1,264]

3 hours ago, The Count said:

I had sex in the sky once.

Oh yeah?  Did you count the number of times you and/or she (there was a she with you and it wasn't a DIY kind of thing right?) climaxed?  

But...I don't think muppets have the necessary eh, parts to do that though...  

[Strange | 1,700]

9 hours ago, Hammerfestus said:

Yeah.  Jurassic Park just isn’t the same if they’re being chased by giant chickens.

 A turkey, huh? OK, try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... A six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here, or here... Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know, try to show a little respect.

[Hammerfestus | 3,839]

3 hours ago, The Strangest said:

 A turkey, huh? OK, try to imagine yourself in the Cretaceous Period. You get your first look at this "six foot turkey" as you enter a clearing. He moves like a bird, lightly, bobbing his head. And you keep still because you think that maybe his visual acuity is based on movement like T-Rex - he'll lose you if you don't move. But no, not Velociraptor. You stare at him, and he just stares right back. And that's when the attack comes. Not from the front, but from the side, from the other two raptors you didn't even know were there. Because Velociraptor's a pack hunter, you see, he uses coordinated attack patterns and he is out in force today. And he slashes at you with this... A six-inch retractable claw, like a razor, on the the middle toe. He doesn't bother to bite your jugular like a lion, say... no no. He slashes at you here, or here... Or maybe across the belly, spilling your intestines. The point is, you are alive when they start to eat you. So you know, try to show a little respect.