Comments on: From Golf Courses to Petting Zoos, Dinosaurs Get in the Way http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/from-golf-courses-to-petting-zoos-dinosaurs-get-in-the-way/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:48:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Andre http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/from-golf-courses-to-petting-zoos-dinosaurs-get-in-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-7344 Andre Fri, 14 Dec 2012 04:50:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=9036#comment-7344 Crickey, have a look at that! She's a beauty! Whooo hooooo! Crickey, have a look at that! She’s a beauty! Whooo hooooo!

]]> By: rick http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2012/12/from-golf-courses-to-petting-zoos-dinosaurs-get-in-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-7342 rick Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:20:45 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=9036#comment-7342 Here at DinoNerdCentral it is firmly believed, that everything under the sun is vastly improved by the random addition of theropods. Movies, books, classical ballet, golf courses - you name it! So, how could a full sized T.rex ANYWHERE ever be an eyesore? Easy. Just ignore the last couple of years of solid paleontological research and give it them same old "kangaroo hands". While your at it, make it lizard-like. Avoid anything that could make it appear to be feathery - and, hey presto: Eyesore. (or is that just my nerdy self again?) Here at DinoNerdCentral it is firmly believed, that everything under the sun is vastly improved by the random addition of theropods. Movies, books, classical ballet, golf courses
- you name it!

So, how could a full sized T.rex ANYWHERE ever be an eyesore?
Easy.
Just ignore the last couple of years of solid paleontological research and give it them same old “kangaroo hands”.
While your at it, make it lizard-like. Avoid anything that could make it appear to be feathery – and, hey presto: Eyesore.

(or is that just my nerdy self again?)

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