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Post by thisguy4000 on Dec 14, 2020 22:10:19 GMT
Off the top of my head, one of the biggest misconceptions is the depiction of velociraptors, which was popularized by the Jurassic Park franchise. Another big one is the idea that pterosaurs were dinosaurs.
What are some others?
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 14, 2020 22:13:58 GMT
Well there's the one about them being giant lizards (they more likely resembled giant birds):  |
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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 14, 2020 22:14:09 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 14, 2020 22:14:36 GMT
The dilosophaur in Jurassic Park was mostly fictionalized (there's no evidence it had a frill or spit venom)
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Post by ck100 on Dec 14, 2020 22:14:38 GMT
T-Rexes don't magically appear in a building and attack a charging raptor out of nowhere without being seen and/or especially making noise.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 14, 2020 22:16:03 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue. LOL that reminds me of that Creationist Museum: 
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Post by thisguy4000 on Dec 14, 2020 22:17:14 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue. Doesn’t pretty much everyone nowadays know that’s not true, though?
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 14, 2020 22:17:57 GMT
T-Rexes don't magically appear in a building and attack a charging raptor out of nowhere without being seen and/or especially making noise. I thought the ending to Jurassic World was even more absurd.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Dec 14, 2020 22:18:48 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue. Doesn’t pretty much everyone nowadays know that’s not true, though? Sadly a good amount of my country still doesn't (including the vice president)
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Post by kolchak92 on Dec 14, 2020 22:23:22 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue. Doesn’t pretty much everyone nowadays know that’s not true, though? Well there's a sizable amount of people who fervently believe that dinosaurs never existed and that the earth is about 5,000 years old, so I think it's a legitimate example.
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Post by politicidal on Dec 15, 2020 1:03:57 GMT
For a long time until perhaps the first Jurassic Park movie, or that ‘80s documentary with the Phil Tippet animations, they were just these dumb lumbering monsters.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 15, 2020 1:54:49 GMT
Their vocals. Weren't they chosen purely for artistic purposes? i.e. cool sounds from the 'cool' dinos.
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Post by thisguy4000 on Dec 15, 2020 2:00:01 GMT
Their vocals. Weren't they chosen purely for artistic purposes? i.e. cool sounds from the 'cool' dinos. Is there anyway of knowing what dinosaurs sounded like? |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 15, 2020 2:02:07 GMT
Maybe the idea that dinosaurs and homo-sapiens co-existed, which is completely untrue. Doesn’t pretty much everyone nowadays know that’s not true, though?  Not sure it's Earth though. Also, it's awesome so suspend your disbelief and enjoy.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 15, 2020 2:10:50 GMT
Upright Dinosaurs  |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Dec 15, 2020 2:32:43 GMT
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Post by petrolino on Dec 15, 2020 2:43:08 GMT
That they were landlocked by size and skill-set. Some were probably powerful swimmers making them even more lethal.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Dec 15, 2020 7:16:12 GMT
All this JP talk and nothing about the T-Rex's vision being based on movement.
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Post by Winter_King on Dec 15, 2020 9:27:29 GMT
Doesn’t pretty much everyone nowadays know that’s not true, though? Well there's a sizable amount of people who fervently believe that dinosaurs never existed and that the earth is about 5,000 years old, so I think it's a legitimate example. I think the vast majority of Young Earth creationists believes that dinosaurs existed but died during Noah's flood.
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Post by Winter_King on Dec 15, 2020 9:28:12 GMT
All this JP talk and nothing about the T-Rex's vision being based on movement. That one is increasingly silly because scientists now believe that the T-Rex had excellent vision. Similar to a hawk.
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