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Dinosaurs wouldn't be that popular if they were small like dogs (lemmy.ml)
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Alternative title: Dinosaurs wouldn't be that big if they weren't that big

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Wrong. I for one would love to have a minibronto. Or a lap-diplodocus. Or a triceratops named Spikey.

Hell, Archaeropteryx would look great perched on the curtain rod like a small parakeet.

And if you have rodent issues in your house, just unleash the T-rex. On that note, does Latin have a diminutive form of "Rex" ?

Plus, imagine the two playful Pachycephalosauri bumping their heads together all the time, with an audible click every time they did.

Also, who wouldn't want an aquarium or a fish pond inhabited by a Nanolodon?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

Yeah I was about to say, imagine this tiny Velociraptor purring in your lap sleeping off the murder of the chirpy-chirpy flap-thing in the garden.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Tiny-Rex

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Rexito

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Tyrannosaurus Parvus