Naturally, it’s Ankylosaurus. Just look at this armoured tactical turtle and tell me you do not love this silly little guy!
Just wanting to eat his plants. Wanna gnaw on him? Tough luck, it hurts and you cannot crack that shell. Also, he will fucking break your kneecaps with his built-in hammer while you’re bothering him.
Spirit animal.
Your grandma
Dinosaur? None really. But I really like the explosion of life in the Cambrian (give or take a little) period was like nature trying out all kinds of absolutely crazy shit just to see what worked. I really like just checking out the era, truly alien and bizarre. So no favorite dinosaur, but definitely an era.
Any dead one. They are f-ing dangerous.
enanthiornes, the “opposite birds” that are not related to the birds as we know it.
The peregrine falcon. Because it’s the fastest animal (that we know of)!
Euoplocephalus, because I’m a hipster.
Honourable mention to anurognathus. Pterosaur rather than dinosaur, but so cute!
Any of the Hadrosauridae. Probably Lambeosaurus, specifically for the cover to one of the Dinotopia paperbacks:
More recently it has been determined that hadrosaur likely walked most frequently on all fours, with a larger tail. Still amazing looking creatures (credit to Gabriel Ugueto for the art):
The lad with the thagomizer. Because of the thagomizer.
Stegosaurs! For those who don’t know how the name came about, look it up if you’d like a chuckle.
Yer mum
Ankylosaurus is a strong contender. Really strong contender. But stegosaurus is still MVP.
Titanosaurs! 100+ feet long, 100+ tonnes. Imagine if a blue whale had legs and a long neck. And it walked around. We would be like mice to them, or insects to the largest ones.
The little tiny raptor things. I don’t remember what they’re called.
Compys! Or Compsognathus if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.
Apparently Pterodactyls aren’t Dinosaurs :(
Also, I think this belongs here: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/23/dinosaurs-asteroid-struck-research
Chicken. It tastes good.
Came here to say this. Glad you saved me the time to type it out.
Hmm but now I typed a longer response. Damnit.
