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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.
Yeah I mean, I know dogs come in a wide range of sizes, but I feel like default dog is a lot bigger thanks default chicken.
*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.
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!
I mean, raptors
Who’s a clever girl?
confused screaming
Microraptors, even.
Which they made bigger in Jurassic Park, so that's actually proving the point. A bigger raptor species was only discovered after the first movie.
Doesn't it demonstrate that the actual dinos in real life don't have to be big to be popular, because humans will simply portray them how they want to see and bring interest in the species regardless?
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 mean have you seen how popular corgies are?
More than Dinosaurs? I'm not sure what planet you are on but we all like Earth Dinosaurs
I know lots of people that own corgis. I don’t know anyone that owns a dinosaur. Guess that means corgis are more popular?
Everyone who is cool has a stuffed dinosaur. Prove me wrong
the queen never had a raptor but she had many corgies checkmate
I don’t know anyone that owns a dinosaur
I do. It's somewhat more common with people living in more rural areas than in the city, but I'd guess they're the third most popular pet after cats & dogs.
I think it has more to do with them being one of the oldest discoveries
Triilobites weren't that big and they aren't that big.
I dunno. I grew up around a lot of horned lizards and they are awesome. Bump them up to small dog size and they'd still be awesome, though significantly more dangerous.
this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2024
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