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y2blade said:
can't they have made up some better names for them?
All these recently found (within the last 10 years or so) Dinosaurs all have predictable names "___osaurus"
"spinosaurus" what a unimaginative name
I blame Jurassic park
I think Spinosarus was named soon after remains were first found in about 1915. But these were lost in the bombing of Berlin during WWII.All these recently found (within the last 10 years or so) Dinosaurs all have predictable names "___osaurus"
"spinosaurus" what a unimaginative name
I blame Jurassic park
FourWheelDrift said:
Why must you always be wary when a Pterodactyl flies over head?
Because it has a silent P.
I'm here all Permian and matinees during the Triassic.
This weeks episode looks interesting a bigger big bird with attitude.
The odd thing is, they probably didn''t pee at all.Because it has a silent P.
I'm here all Permian and matinees during the Triassic.
This weeks episode looks interesting a bigger big bird with attitude.
Faust66 said:
Quite enjoyed the programme - I also thought the CGI wasn't as good as Walking with Dinosaurs. It reminded me of a computer game for some reason.
I wasn't too sure about this last week - except my 6 year old spontaneously saying "that doesn't look like real water"! - and thought it was due to the cgi background, rather than the overlaying the dinosaurs onto landscape footage. But tonight it really did strike me and did remind me of computer games as you said. Not just the background, but also the colouration and 'texture' of the creatures and blurring as they moved; they just didn't feel 'real' somehow. A bit off putting at times.Pity that technically it seems to have gone backwards, given the possibilities developments over the last decade should have allowed, and the high interest level of the content.
It wasn't the textures and details that put me off the graphics, but the way they had animated the dinosaurs. They didn't look like they moved realistically. I know they are making educated guesses, but the animations didn't convey that they were big and heavy. They seemed like they were too light and nimble considering how huge they were.
Forget about the pretty (or not) pictures - just listen to the knowledge being given - which is very good. As a straight documentary on the current thinking on dinosaurs, it is head and shoulders above Walking With Dinosaurs. It is great to see depictions of some of the most recent finds, instead of the "old favourites" that get trotted out all the time.
And the Alice Roberts documentary on BBC 4 was also excellent. As well of the delights of Ms Roberts, it also went into more detail on such matters as how the identification of specific cells in fossilised dino feathers is helping them work out their colours. This was mentioned in passing in Dinosaur Planet as well but Alice's programme went into a bit more detail.
All good stuff.
There was then a Horizon retrospective on how dinosaurs have been covered by Horizon over the decades. I'm old enough to remember some of the original documentaries from when they were shown first time around.
All good stuff.
There was then a Horizon retrospective on how dinosaurs have been covered by Horizon over the decades. I'm old enough to remember some of the original documentaries from when they were shown first time around.
You get that all the time in Dino Docs. Just accept these programmes for what they are.
There is certainly growing evidence that more and more or the therapod dinosaurs did carry feathers or feather-like body covering of some sort.
It also seems that there is a growing gap between the sauropod and therapod families of dinosaurs. Indeed, "dinosaur" may be far too loose a categorisation for these Mesozoic animals.
There is certainly growing evidence that more and more or the therapod dinosaurs did carry feathers or feather-like body covering of some sort.
It also seems that there is a growing gap between the sauropod and therapod families of dinosaurs. Indeed, "dinosaur" may be far too loose a categorisation for these Mesozoic animals.
Roberty said:
ajprice said:
I hadn't noticed either. Expanded on the point made, yes. Repost with different words, no.
The bit with the predator dinosaur (big one, not the spinosaurus, the other one) attacking the small dinosaur then following it until it dies is similar to what Komodo Dragons do to kill, but their bite is poisonous/venomous.
It has taken scientists 100 years to realise an extant species is venomous (Komodo Dragon).The bit with the predator dinosaur (big one, not the spinosaurus, the other one) attacking the small dinosaur then following it until it dies is similar to what Komodo Dragons do to kill, but their bite is poisonous/venomous.
Edited by ajprice on Monday 19th September 12:17
So maybe they need a bit longer to work out if any of the Dino's were to!
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