>It's a shame no animals are as big as the dinosaurs today :(>The blue whale is bigger than the largest dinosaurs, though.>Yeah but they're boring because... because they just are, okay?!>It's a shame there are no marine reptiles alive today :(>Yellow bellied sea snakes can spend their whole lives at sea, though.>Yeah but they're boring because... because they just are, okay?!
Because you can’t see Blue Whales at the zoo, retard.And “snakes, but underwater” ain’t that cool
So you're saying that if we had dinosaurs today we'd take them for granted and think they're boring?
>>5118664That wasn't what I was intending to say, but it's 100% true.
>>5118664Absolutely. People cry about the loss of the dodo still, but they were just very large flightless pigeons.
>>5118655>yellow bellied sea snack.jpgWhat do they taste like?
>>5118655I'm convinced if we ever found big foot or the yeti we'd stick a couple in zoos and then lose interest since they'd just be another great ape at that point.
>>5118655>It's a shame no animals are as big>big>implying size is the only thing making dinosaurs coolWhat about the extremely efficient respiratory system? The sheer diversity in body plans? The arms race between herbivores and carnivores, resulting in spiked tails, club tails, bone crushing teeth, literal armor? The current extant animals are simply lacklustre compared to DINOGODSI also notice you completely skipped pterosaurs because you knew no living flyer could ever be as impressive or weird as the Azhdarchids
>>5118664Elephants and giraffes are still very popular despite not being nearly as large as the largest dinosaurs
>>5118664Giraffes for example are such a unique and cool animal yet we kinda take them for grantedBut if giraffes were extinct people would be fascinated by them and their unusual proportions
Old good new bad, unironically. They are just intrinsically scarier, cooler and more primal in a way modern animals can never match no matter their feats.
>>5118833Giraffes are kind of like mini dinosaurs now that I think about it
>>5118685The dodo is only remembered for being the first recognised example of humans wiping out a species. Nobody cares about the rodrigues solitaire.
>why are people like thisBecause they are retarded, simple as.
>>5118764Modern elephants are boring, I want more Proboscidean variety. Deinotherians and Gomphotherians were cool as shit. Giraffes are perfect though.
