Having watched, and thoroughly enjoyed, Jurassic World (ranking it as my favorite among the Jurassic Park sequels) and recently rewatched the original movies and likely the sequels in the coming days I've been thinking of dinosaurs a lot.
There's something just amazing and majestic about these creatures that existed millions of years ago. That once on this planet there roamed untold numbers of these humongus creatures. It's mind-boggling to think how, first of all, evolution gave rise to these things and how such animals were able to sustain themselves given the volume of food they needed, especially if they were warm-blooded.
The brontosaurus (whether the "real" one now believed to have existed or the apatosaurus) was a HUMONGOUS creature. How did something like this ever exist? It truly would be amazing to have a time-machine and visit this time period, or for somehow genetic engineering and knowledge reach a point where one could be created "from scratch."
So, what is your favorite dinosaur? And for the sake of discussion and "simplicity" we'll extend the definition of "dinosaur" to pretty much include any prehistoric creature that's commonly thought of to be a dinosaur but actually isn't. Also to maybe make it easier, a favorite carnivore and herbivore if desired.
For the carnivore I'll have to go with the old stand-by, the cliché, the obvious. The T-Rex. Ever since a child this creature fascinated me, this huge, monstrous eating-machine creature with useless arms. When I first saw, and to this day, the T-Rex scenes in the Jurassic Park movies were always my favorite.
Herbivore: Also probably a cliché the Triceratops, also an almost beautiful creature in how it's often depicted in renderings and movies. Like a rhinoceros-level of meanness and brutality in actuality but always gave me the impression of being something of powerful work-horse of a creature that is somehow beautiful and loved. Sort of like an old, trustworthy, classic truck.
That's mine. Clichéd, I know, but there it is. Two creatures that've fascinated me since childhood.
EDIT: Mis-remembered some dino-facts. (That the T-Rex was from late-cretaceous so was the most evolved in his line.)
There's something just amazing and majestic about these creatures that existed millions of years ago. That once on this planet there roamed untold numbers of these humongus creatures. It's mind-boggling to think how, first of all, evolution gave rise to these things and how such animals were able to sustain themselves given the volume of food they needed, especially if they were warm-blooded.
The brontosaurus (whether the "real" one now believed to have existed or the apatosaurus) was a HUMONGOUS creature. How did something like this ever exist? It truly would be amazing to have a time-machine and visit this time period, or for somehow genetic engineering and knowledge reach a point where one could be created "from scratch."
So, what is your favorite dinosaur? And for the sake of discussion and "simplicity" we'll extend the definition of "dinosaur" to pretty much include any prehistoric creature that's commonly thought of to be a dinosaur but actually isn't. Also to maybe make it easier, a favorite carnivore and herbivore if desired.
For the carnivore I'll have to go with the old stand-by, the cliché, the obvious. The T-Rex. Ever since a child this creature fascinated me, this huge, monstrous eating-machine creature with useless arms. When I first saw, and to this day, the T-Rex scenes in the Jurassic Park movies were always my favorite.
Herbivore: Also probably a cliché the Triceratops, also an almost beautiful creature in how it's often depicted in renderings and movies. Like a rhinoceros-level of meanness and brutality in actuality but always gave me the impression of being something of powerful work-horse of a creature that is somehow beautiful and loved. Sort of like an old, trustworthy, classic truck.
That's mine. Clichéd, I know, but there it is. Two creatures that've fascinated me since childhood.
EDIT: Mis-remembered some dino-facts. (That the T-Rex was from late-cretaceous so was the most evolved in his line.)
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