• @Sterile_Technique
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    6410 months ago

    Random thought prompted by this thread…

    So birds are basically just tiny descendants of dinosaurs, right? Parrots, corvids, and a few others are capable of mimicry… were there any dinos that shared that trait?

     

    Dude from Jurassic Park: “Clever girl…”

    Raptor: “CLEVER GIRL! raptor bark sound thing CLEVER GIRL!” eats his face

    • @[email protected]
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      3110 months ago

      bear in mind that birds are a specific branch of dinosaurs, closest related to stuff like velociraptor.

      so it’s a pretty good bet that raptors would make bird-like noises (though probably less complex and lower pitched), but doubtful that a stegosaurus would sound anything like a bird.

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      410 months ago

      I think i read somewhere that velociraptors were about as smart as a dog. Convergent evolution, because both are group-hunting predators.