Alternative title: Dinosaurs wouldn’t be that big if they weren’t that big
Dog-sized dinosaurs are one of the most popular animals on the planet right now, so much so that they’re the default flavor “everything tastes like.”
I don’t think chickens are usually referred to as “dog-sized” even if it’s occasionally true.
*eyes white shepard dog*
Man, animal protection organisations weren’t kidding when they said poultry chickens are MASSIVE
Would dogs be more popular if they were big as dinosaurs though?
Clifford was pretty popular for a dog book.
But if all dogs are as big as dinosaurs, then Clifford is no longer special. He’s no longer Clifford the Big Red Dog. He’s then just Clifford the Normal Sized Red Dog. I just don’t think he’d be as big of a deal in that universe.
I guess he’s still got the red thing going for him?
But he’s a dinosaur-sized dog that is arguably more popular than most non-dinosaur-sized dogs.
Your best friend, transport, guard, and bed, all in one fluffy wrapping. Fuck yeah.
Those elephant-sized sloths seem pretty cool.
There were a lot of dog sized dinos and nobody cares about them, which means you’re right!
Wrong. I for one would love to have a minibronto. Or a lap-diplodocus. Or a triceratops named Spikey.
Hell, Archaeropteryx would look great perched on the curtain rod like a small parakeet.
And if you have rodent issues in your house, just unleash the T-rex. On that note, does Latin have a diminutive form of “Rex” ?
Plus, imagine the two playful Pachycephalosauri bumping their heads together all the time, with an audible click every time they did.
Also, who wouldn’t want an aquarium or a fish pond inhabited by a Nanolodon?
Yeah I was about to say, imagine this tiny Velociraptor purring in your lap sleeping off the murder of the chirpy-chirpy flap-thing in the garden.
Tiny-Rex
Rexito
How about this Good Boy:
https://www.newsweek.com/new-species-dog-sized-dinosaur-found-chile-had-really-bizarre-tail-1655050
Aw heck yes they would
They’d be popular, sure. But no way as popular and in public imagination as all the behemoths.
Like, there were a ton of dog-sized dinosaurs. You’ve never seen or heard of most of them.
I think it has more to do with them being one of the oldest discoveries
I think the oldest discovery is actually your mother (she is very old)
They were small like dogs too. Remember that scene in Jurassic Park where all the little dinosaurs ganged up on Hammond and ate the shit out of him? Or was that just in the book… Well either way there were small dinosaurs. They just don’t get as much press.
there were small dinosaurs. They just don’t get as much press.
I rest my case
Triilobites weren’t that big and they aren’t that big.
