Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareWhat did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?Lady Butterfly she/her@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareMelllvar@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up93arrow-down1·2 days agoDragons, giants, monsters, that sort of thing. They weren’t entirely wrong.
minus-squareWilco@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoI love the fact they believed elephant skulls were giant cyclops skulls.
minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoI mean, other than breathing fire, the difference between a particularly large pterosaur and a dragon mostly down to the shape of the head.
minus-squaregnufuu@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoParticularly large pterosaur you say?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoPterosaurs, terror soars, something something something some…
minus-squareGreenBeard@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoI mean, sure, they’re the biggest, but really most of the Azhdarchid Pterosaurs would count as some kind of Dragon.
Dragons, giants, monsters, that sort of thing. They weren’t entirely wrong.
I love the fact they believed elephant skulls were giant cyclops skulls.
I mean, other than breathing fire, the difference between a particularly large pterosaur and a dragon mostly down to the shape of the head.
Particularly large pterosaur you say?
Pterosaurs, terror soars, something something something some…
I mean, sure, they’re the biggest, but really most of the Azhdarchid Pterosaurs would count as some kind of Dragon.