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fundinofactoftheday · 1 year

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Dinofact #108

Albertonykus is the earliest and smallest known North American alvarezsaurid dinosaur. It measured 1.1 m (3.6 ft) long and weighed only 5 kg (11 lb). Albertonykus is also one of few alvarezsaurid dinosaurs found outside of South America and Asia.

Source: Wikipedia

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cryptotheism · 9 months

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The great flood was mostly likely the collapse of the North American ice sheets causing sea levels to rise. That was around 11 , 000 years ago. In this time period many large mammals became extinct and human civilization collapsed. It started to recover around 6 , 000 years ago. Dinosaurs were fossils long before this.

No it was not. The biblical great flood is clearly based on earlier Mesopotamian mythology about the Tigris and Euphrates. The great flood narrative does not bare any solid historicity.

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n64retro · 18 days

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Main titles released for Nintendo 64, by year*: 1996: Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Mortal Kombat Trilogy, Killer Instinct Gold, Pilotwings 64, Cruis 'n USA. 1997: GoldenEye 007, Star Fox 64, Diddy Kong Racing, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon, Mischief Makers, Doom 64, Duke Nukem 64, Bomberman 64, Blast Corps. 1998: Banjo-Kazooie, F-Zero X, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, 1080 Snowboarding, Turok 2: Seeds of Evil, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Mortal Kombat 4, Yoshi's Story. 1999: Pokémon Snap, Resident Evil 2, Super Smash Bros., Quake II, Donkey Kong 64, Jet For Gemini, Harvest Moon 64, Rayman 2: The Great Escape, Castlevania Legacy of Darkness, Shadowman, Beetle Adventure Racing, Star Wars: Episode I Racer, Mario Golf, International Superstar Soccer 2000, NBA Courtside 2. 2000: Banjo-Tooie, Excitebike 64, Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, Mario Tennis, Ridge Racer 64, Sin and Punishment, Indiana Jones and The Infernal Machine, Perfect Dark, Ogre Battle 64, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, 007 The World is not Enough, Mega Man 64, WWF No Mercy, Mario Party 2. 2001: Paper Mario, Pokémon Stadium 2, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Animal Forest, Mario Party 3, Madden NFL 2002, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. 2002: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. *the date for the titles in this poll matches the North American release.

#nintendo 64 #nintendo #90s #2000s #retro gaming #poll #1996 #1997 #1998 #1999 #2000 #2001 #2002 #N64

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alphynix · 1 year

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Strange Symmetries #11: Step Up To The Plate

Stegosaurs are some of the most popular and recognizable dinosaurs thanks to their unique appearances, with small heads, elaborate back plates, and spiky thagomizer tails.

Closely related to the ankylosaurs, they first appeared in the mid-Jurassic about 170 million years ago. While they lasted until at least the mid-Cretaceous (~100 milion years ago), their heyday was in the latter half of the Jurassic, ranging all across Asia, Europe, Africa, and North America – and the North American species like the eponymous Stegosaurus developed especially elaborate plates in a distinctive asymmetrical pattern, not arranged in pairs like most other stegosaurs but in alternating rows along each side of the midline of their backs.

Hesperosaurus mjosi lived around 156 million years ago during the late Jurassic, in what is now Wyoming and Montana in the Western United States. It was closely related to Stegosaurus but was a little older and a little smaller, about 5-6m long (~16-20').

Much like its more famous relative its plates seem to have alternated along its back, which may have been an adaptation to maximize visible surface area while minimizing the number of plates, saving on the energy needed to grow such large elaborate ornamentation.

Hesperosaurus might also represent a rare case of possible sexual dimorphism in non-avian dinosaurs, with wider more rounded plates potentially interpreted as belonging to males and taller pointed plates belonging to females.

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#science illustration #strange symmetries #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoblr #hesperosaurus #stegosauridae #stegosauria #thyreophora #ornithischia #dinosaur #art

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amnhnyc · 8 months

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Make some noise for Fossil Friday! Corythosaurus was a duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now North America. Its name is a nod to the helmets worn by Corinthians in ancient Greece: This species’ strange skull is capped by a crescent-shaped helmet that contains extended tubes, which form elaborate nasal passages. See it up close in the Museum’s Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs.

Photo: Image no. 324074 / AMNH Library

To spot Corythosaurus and other dinosaurs, visit the Museum’s Hall of Ornithischian Dinosaurs!

#amnh #paleontology #museum #fossil #science #nature #natural history #animals #dyk #corythosaurus #fossil friday #duck billed dino #dinosaur

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princefluph · 1 month

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A herd of North American Cretaceous dinosaurs. I recently did a rewatch of the disney movie Dinosaur and really liked this mass of different dinosaurs all moving towards a single goal. Only difference is that this time, the small carnivorous dinosaurs are also coming along for the ride as pest control against the small pesky alvarezaurids.

#paleoart #paleo art #dinosaur #pterosaur #hadrosaur #parasaur #parasaurolophus #nodosaur #brachiosaurus #styracosaurus #ceratopsian #corythosaurus #struthiomimus #raptor #art #my art

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sboochi · 4 months

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About the Night at the Museum AU, (which i absolutely LOVE and ADORE) what exhibits are the boys a part of? And is there a Toothless for Hiccup to befriend?

I think they could be part of the same exhibition about North American History: Jack is late 1700s/early 1800s inspired, and Hiccup could be from a group of statues depicting the Viking explorers who reached the USA (it fits him imo)

I always try to think of what role Toothless could have in my AUs, but this one I'm not sure. Maybe a dinosaur, or an extinct species!

#behind the hcs I wrote in the original post there's nothing lol #I went for a self indulgent scenario and left it at that #asks #mottts #night at the museum au

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a-dinosaur-a-day · 1 year

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Suskityrannus vs Maip

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Suskityrannus hazelae

Artwork by Andrey Atuchin, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Hazel Wolfe’s Coyote Tyrant

Time: 92 million years ago (Turonian stage of the Late Cretaceous)

Location: Moreno Hill Formation, Zuni Basin, New Mexico

When you follow the progress of paleontology long enough, you start to see things that were previously left undescribed actually get names and the respect they deserve - whether its the “putative screamer” Anachronornis or the “Zuni Coelurosaur” Suskityrannus, you’re sure to get a nice moment and a sense of satisfaction from it. Suskityrannus has been well known for a while due to it being featured in both When Dinosaurs Roamed America as well as Planet Dinosaur. Thought at various times to be a basal Coelurosaur or Tyrannosauroid, its official description placed it somewhat derived within Tyrannosaurs, showcasing the evolution of the Tyrannosaur group as it transitioned from the smaller more speedy forms (like Suskityrannus) to the giant murder birds we know and love later in the Cretaceous. In fact, Suskityrannus lived in an ecosystem that highlighted its changing world, with many early representatives of the later iconic North American Cretaceous ecosystems showing up in early forms in Moreno Hill. Suskityrannus was about one meter tall and three meters long, and already had many adaptations known from later tyrannosaurs. In the forested coastal ecosystem at Moreno Hill, Suskityrannus would have been neighbors with Zuniceratops, Nothronychus, Jeyawati, ankylosaurs, fish, and turtles.

Maip macrothorax

Artwork by @i-draws-dinosaurs, written by @zygodactylus

Name Meaning: Long-chested Shadow of Death

Time: 72 to 66 million years ago (Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous)

Location: Chorrillo Formation, Patagonia, Argentina

Megaraptors, a group not even really understood a few decades ago, just keep having more and more interesting members added to this group - Maip, a recent addition known from many bones of the trunk and tail, help fill out more of this picture with remains not known from other Megaraptors, and als having the most complete Megaraptor skeleton known. Maip was also interesting in having a very long, thick torso, leading to its specific name. It probably reached 9 to 10 meters in length in life, making it the largest Megaraptor known (literally reaching carcharodontosaurid size), and it may indicate that megaraptors rose to high-level predator status as other top predators went extinct in the region. It had a respiratory system similar to modern birds, with unidirectional air flow, much like other Saurischian dinosaurs. Living in southernmost South America, Maip would have had to deal with a variety of harsh climates, and may have been covered in feathers in order to keep warm. In addition to mosasaurs, snakes, turtles, mammals, fish, and frogs, Maip lived with other dinosaurs such as Nullotitan, Kookne, Yatenavis, and Isasicursor.

DMM Round One Masterpost

#dmm #dinosaur march madness #dmm round one #dmm rising stars #palaeoblr #dinsoaurs #paleontology #bracket #march madness #polls #suskityrannus #maip

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katborg82 · 13 days

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Giraffatitan ("Titanic Giraffe") was a massive sauropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic period (150-145 Mya) in what is now Lindi Region, Tanzania. Even if the name doesn't ring a bell, chances are you're more familiar with this animal than you think.

Initially the Sauropod was described and named in 1914 as the African species of Brachiosaurus, B. brancai as opposed to its North American counterpart, B. altithorax. At the time, we had not found a skull for B. altithorax, so the skull of B. brancai, with its iconic head bump, was attributed to the North American species as well.

As our research continued and more specimens were found, it started to become apparent that these two species were just too different. It wasn't until 2009 that scientists proposed a separate genus named Giraffatitan. This idea sparked some controversy, but since 2012 it is generally accepted that B. brancai is actually G. brancai.

Giraffatitan has the iconic head bump we've all seen in books and movies, while we now know that Brachiosaurus had a much less distinct bump.

#giraffatitan #brachiosaurus #sauropod #paleoart #paleontology #evolution #dinosaur #dinosaurs #birds #jurassic period #mesozoic

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pleistocene-pride · 7 months

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Happy Fossil Day. Happy Fossil Day! Brontosaurus is a genus of herbivorous sauropod dinosaur that lived in North America during the Late Jurassic period some 156 to 146 million years ago. The first remains consisted of a fairly complete skeleton was recovered from Como Bluff Wyoming in 1879 by William Harlow Reed who named its Brontosaurus excelsus, meaning "thunder lizard", from the Greek brontē meaning "thunder" and sauros meaning "lizard", and from the Latin excelsus, meaning "noble" or "high". Despite being one of the most complete sauropod skeletons known at the time, the brontosaurus type specimen along with another found in 1880 lacked skulls. In 1903 Elmer S. Riggs argued that Brontosaurus was so similar to Apatosaurus that it should become a synonym. However, when the first skeleton of Apatosaurus was mounted in the American Museum of Natural History in 1905, it bore the name Brontosaurus, in additional confusion because no skulls where known from these animals a faximilally was constructed based off of other sauropod skull remains now know to be Camarasaurus and brachiosaurs which gave the mount a truly bizarre head. This one mounted skeleton is the reason why so much controversy would exist for this dinosaur over the next hundred years. It was not until a 1975 study by John Stanton McIntosh and David Berman re-describing the skull and jaws of Apatosaurus and Diplodocus was published that things would really get moving for more accurate reconstructions. In 1995 the original Brontosaurus mount from 1905 finally got a skull revision to be like that of Apatosaurus, and was also now named as Apatosaurus excelsus. It took the best part of a century to reveal the true shape and form of Apatosaurus, and for most of this time the majority of paleontologists agreed with the opinion of Elmer S, Riggs from 1903 that Brontosaurus should be a synonym to Apatosaurus. One notable exception however was Robert T. Bakker, who in 1998 argued that Apatosaurus and Brontosaurus were distinct. Bakker would be proven right in 2015 when an extremely in-depth sauropod study conducted by Emanuel Tschopp, Octavio Mateus and Roger Benson found that the Brontosaurus type species B. excelsus was infact a valid genus. Reaching 62 to 72 (19 -22m) in length and 30,000 to 38,000 (13,600 -17,250kgs) in weight, brontosaurus was large, long-necked, and quadrupedal with a long tail terminating in a whip-like structure. The cervical vertebrae are notably extremely robust and heavily-built, in contrast to its lightly built relatives Diplodocus and Barosaurus. The forelimbs were short and stout whereas the hindlimbs were elongated and thick, all signs that brontosaurs was remarkably strong and muscular. Brontosaurus would have likely lived in loose herds acting as a nonselective browser feeding upon ferns, cycads, ginkgos, and horsetails, as it coexisted with with a menagerie of other morrison taxa such as the Diplodocus, Barosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Stegosaurus, Dryosaurus, Camptosaurus, Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, and Ceratosaurus.

Art Used in this video belongs to the following creators

Brontosaurus excelsus: Paleoguy https://www.deviantart.com/paleoguy/art/Brontosaurus-excelsus-526754288 https://www.deviantart.com/paleoguy/art/Brontosaurus-780543420 https://www.deviantart.com/paleoguy/art/Brontosaurus-Allosaurus-570575957

Brontosaurus is Back: tuomaskoivurinne https://www.deviantart.com/tuomaskoivurinne/art/Brontosaurus-is-back-526656913

Brontosaurus through the ages: Nix Draws Stuff https://nixillustration.com/tag/brontosaurus/

#pleistocene pride #pliestocene pride #jurassic period #jurassic #dinosaur #dinosaurs #sauropod #brontosaurus #apatosaurus #fossil #fossil day #history #paleontology #mesozoic

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rose-of-pollux · 4 months

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I just saw a very good post about how snow in December is no longer a given in the North due to climate change when in childhood memories, it used to be, and rather than add on to that, there's something else that I've noticed along with that, being an aspiring behavioral ornithologist--the migration (or current lack thereof) of the American robin.

For those not from North America, I'm talking about this little dinosaur, a very common songbird--

When I was a kid growing up in western PA, I lived in one of the places where seeing "the first robin of spring" was an exciting sign that winter was ending--they are migratory birds who (used to) overwinter in the southern US, and would return to Pennsylvania as winter ended.

...I'm not sure exactly at what point in time they stopped, but when I was doing my masters in bird behavior ~2015, that was when it hit me that I noticed that they stopped leaving PA during the wintertime and were just sticking around all year. "The first robin of spring" is no longer a viable metric where I grew up.

I live a bit further north now, in New York State, and the robins do leave here and return in the spring, and while I'm glad to be able to have that "first robin of spring" metric again, realizing that we did not have snow yesterday, part of me wonders for how much longer that will last before the robins decide to stick around all year here, too.

#THIS IS WHY I LOVE BIRDS #birds #robin #climate change #(also for those wondering I'm feeling much better after getting hit with the 'rona a few days ago)

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wolven91 · 10 months

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The Predator Café - Chapter 2

When Natasha finally got the opportunity to explore the wider galaxy, she didn't want to just follow others. She didn't mind going someplace someone else had, before her, but she wanted it to be for her own reasons.

She stewed and contemplated. Hummed and hawed. Her calculations and considerations were varied and numerous. In the end, she got a nice big poster of The Spiral, the whole galaxy in one picture and threw a dart.

It landed upon the Shin'fa System on the North West side of The Spiral. Looking it up, it was advertised as an 'up-and-coming' system. Meaning they were currently trying to pull as much tourism and new blood from outside, in. There was a moment of hesitation, this system was in the chintian territory, but outside of The Galactic Community space. She should be safe, but there were no hard promises.

For the first time in her life, Natasha was in a unique position. It wasn't that she was rich and could simply buy her way anywhere, but that the wider community in space, found humans to be quite fascinating and whenever she enquired about the possible costs or requirements she would need to adhere to when considering moving to a system, the overly friendly voice on the other end of the line ensured her that they could fast-track her application with minimal issue. They offered her immediate work within the government itself if she was willing to make public appearances.

She screwed her nose up at that and decided to see what options she had when she got there.

Turns out, a lot.

So many, she was once again stumped with how to proceed and when she found that her trusty dart was still stuck in a wall way back on on a station deep within The Galactic Community space, Natasha decided to go for a job that was familiar, yet new.

When her name was called, she put her game face on, her best winning smile and checked herself in the mirror one last time. Working at the “Predator Café” was an odd experience so far, the uniform one reminiscent of a French maid's outfit, yet red. The whole place had a feel of a stereotypical American diner from the olden-days.

Her instructions was; to greet the customers, take their order whilst giving small talk. Make them feel welcome, put on a bit of a show and deliver their orders. When Natasha had asked what counted as a 'show', the manager, a god-damned-actual-dinosaur, had explained that a hunting display would be fine, or anything that would normally indicate that she was a predator. Flash her frills, flush her colouring, puff up her feathers; “The usual” he said as if this was completely normal and an odd question.

Natasha had never failed to give anything but her all in every previous job she had. Like hell was she going to not try her best now when she was possibly his planet's first introduction to Humanity. Despite not knowing whether she was supposed to pound on her chest like a Gorilla?

In the end she went for a wide smile and a friendly demeanour. If anyone complained, she'd point out that Humans chased their 'prey' back in the day. She wasn't sure if running the customers around was a good idea, but she would let the manager cross that bridge if it had to come to that.

Blonde hair, loose and down, meticulously in place for that 'I-didn't-try' effect. Her green eyes highlighted with just enough make-up to set off her features and compliment her skin. Lipstick checked and applied, nothing too bold, she wanted to compliment, not scream. When she went to explore the nightlife, then, she'd go bold.

Grabbing her order pad and checking her table details, she saw it was booth 'G', the 'tiny' section.

Oh boy.

It seemed in The Spiral, it wasn't uncommon for sentience to develop in creatures great and small. It was fascinating to see how creatures half her size or even smaller had adapted entire cities to fit their needs whilst catering to those much larger, not to mention the other way, how there were several species that dwarfed her.

There were undercurrents that she could only guess at mind you, whether they were treated differently was vocally refuted, but she had come from the centre of The Spiral, humans weren't perfect either and suspected that there may be more to it than a hunky-dorey space utopia.

Thankfully, this wasn't her first interaction with a tiny, nor her second. But since starting; both of her only customers so far had run for the door practically screaming, she had a bad feeling history would repeat itself.

No!

She would go at this with her head held up high. Cheerful. Helpful. Show that 'southern hospitality' that is world famous!

Walking through the Café she plastered a full smile across her face and made sure it reached her eyes. Folk knows when you're faking, so you have to fake the real thing or don't even try. As she approached the table, she could see a small dino-like tiny facing her, with something fluffy and brown facing away.

The tiny dino, reviewing her memories about what they were actually called drawing a blank, was grey scaled, with white stripes across his snout and head with even spaces between. She suspected it went all the way down his back as his tail sported the same stripes. The tiny jacket that looked like a miniature wind-breaker was rather cute on him, but he had the tell-tale look of sheer panic that her previous potential customers had as well.

Coming to the table, she launched into her warmest greeting, trying to smile as broadly as she could. She worried she was going to look manic.

The Geckin! Geckin was what he was! The Geckin's friend was for lack of a better word; a chipmunk, she had no clue what they were supposed to be called. It sported a red chequered shirt and what looked like jeans that made it look simply adorable, but the brown toffee coloured fur was highlighted by the alternating black and white stripes that ran vertically down his back, starting at his hairline and ending at his tail.

The chipmunk hadn't looked at her face directly yet, seemingly avoiding her eyes.

But before she got any further from, what she thought was a safe compliment, the Geckin bolted. They had incredible speed, she had to admit that, but seeing the thin tail disappear through the entrance door, Natasha's heart plummeted to her boots.

The fluffy one hissed something at the retreating lizard, but could see he wasn't coming back. The remaining patron, oh so slowly, turned back and up at Natasha, seeing her face for the first time.

Credit where credit was due, the little chipmunk hadn't run yet, but the kindest thing to do, would be to offer them an 'out'.

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Her eyes bore into his. They were so green, so intense. He was prey, she was without doubt a predator and she had him where she wanted him.

These thoughts tumbled through Pip's head in a repeating swirl of panicked anxiety. That was, until he paid attention for a moment and saw a slight tremble in her features. His species had social traits, they were good at reading features and whilst she naturally had the appearance of a very dangerous creature, he could see that she was upset.

Her voice washed over him like a warm, heavy blanket;

“If you want to follow your friend hun', I understand. O-or I can get you 'nother server if you like?”

Her words were steady and came across as genuine and honest.

“That's the third customer that's run, so honestly, I'd rather you be comfy and happy than be forced to stay like.” She continued, holding her notepad against herself.

“I-i-t's fine. I'll stay.” Pip said, before quickly adding; “If that's okay?” He didn't want her to think he was defying her. If he had missed his mark, he didn't want an angry fist showing him her displeasure.

The giantess seemed pleased by his choice thankfully as she beamed at him again, showing off a set of a deadly looking teeth that could cut through flesh in a single bite. He had a flash of an image in his mind, of his arm between them. He blinked and cleared his throat grasping at the tablet in front of himself. It now showed a selection of various items and drinks, what he'd do for a damn list that he could pick from.

“I'm s-sorry, I didn't actually look, I'll have.. Er..”

“It's okay hun', I've no other customers right now. You can take your time?” she coaxed, while he wasn't looking at her, he could almost believe that she was a kindly young waitress, just helping a guy out.

“Do you have any suggestions? I'm, er.. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to- or.. what I should have?” He was falling over his words, he didn't normally stutter but the proximity to this, this Huntress, was causing him to regress to his anxiety-ridden younger years.

“Well sure honey, let me have a lil' looksie.” Her voice called out, before the shadow got darker, and he noticed her lean alarmingly close. In his hope that he would just be given an option that he would agree to, she instead was attempting to view his tablet to see where he was on the menu. The booth now had a roof made of her; her hair cascaded over him, what he had initially assumed was coarse or heavy locks of hair, was actually like silk; smooth and floated over him.

He went still.

Her hair smelled of watermelon and blanketed him all around. He could feel it tickling his back through his shirt, it brushed against his face and along his whiskers, pooling in his lap as she got closer. He glanced up and could see the perfectly smooth skin of his chin, which sloped into her neck, before disappearing into her uniform. He blinked as he noticed the space between the buttons of her uniform's shirt was slack enough that he could see within. A black lacy bra greeted him alongside the largest... He screwed his eyes shut and deliberately faced forwards.

If she caught him, then she would absolutely kill him.

“Ah, here we go, I'd say a 'Honeycomb Hot Chocolate' will set you up good and proper.”

“Is it good?”

“Oh! Honey, it's delicious. And! I'll have you know I make it myself. I usually have one, 'round this time, but with you here I need to be ready, 'case you need lil' ol' me.”

“You can still have one, I don't mind.”

“Well, ain't you a gentleman. If you're sure, I'll bring it along and we can chat properly sweet-thing!”

Wait. What? No, he meant- but she was gone. His cutlery bounced as she walked away at a speed that would make his eyes water. He let out a breath that he didn't realise he'd been holding and ran a smoothing hand through the fur on his head. This whole adventure was going to make him moult.

And the human! By all the gods, she was... was. Gods she was perfect.

This wasn't right. She was so different from himself, ignoring that social ostracising she would get by even talking with him outside of being forced to; being a predator and all, she was an entirely different category of organism. The size difference alone would make everything impossible. He wanted to dislike her, he wanted to fear her enough to run or have a desire to distance himself and yet it just excited him.

It was against the whole order of things and he loved it.

He was still terrified and she was still an unknown entity in all this, nothing could get him to ignore the instincts within himself that still screamed every time her eyes locked on to his.

After a few minutes, his cutlery started to dance again.

“Heeere we go, one extra special Honeycomb Hot Chocolate, just the way I make it.” a familiar sing-song voice said. A huge hand took over the booth as she placed a large, oversized mug of what appeared to be a hot chocolate with cream on top.

“Don't tell anyone, but I gave you a large without chargin' you.” She said with a wink that blew him away.

“When its the graveyard shift like this, it's worth bribing folk to stay and chat, y'know?” She asked tilting her head as she took a sip from a cup that Pip could have probably stood in with somewhat ease.

“Y-yeah, I used to work at the library. It wasn't so bad because I had my pick of the books, but it was always nice when a nocturnal showed up.” Pip agreed, trying to add to the conversation.

“Aww, I can just imagine you in glasses, being a librarian. I didn't think you could get any cuter hun'.”

Pip smiled as he reached into his pocket and from a thin protective leather pouch, produced his reading glasses, before putting them on.

The squeal that came from the behemoth was incredibly surprising and unlike anything his could have expected.

“No way, they're adorable!” She exclaimed as she leant down to look at him on his level. Her whole head was the same height as Pip when stood up, her face this close was a shock, again, but her eyes were simply taking in his spectacles.

“They really suit you hun'.” She whispered, a wind of peppermint washed over Pip, it was warm and humid and again, that forbidden excitement, ran up his spine, raising the fur so it stood up on end.

“Thank you, should I try something to eat? I skipped dinner because we- I was coming here.”

“I can offer some suggestions to you hun', just a sec.” She said straightening up. She placed her own mug down on the table, it dominated the space forcing Pip to snatch up the tablet at the last moment and hold it against himself.

She moved round the booth so she was more behind Pip now. A row of 4 fingers grasped the faux red leather of the booth, denting it completely from the effortless pressure. Where Pip sat in the centre of the bench, he barely creased the material. Another hand appeared on the other side, supported by the backrest as she used a perfectly manicured finger to tap the tablet that was still pressed to his chest.

“Let's have a look then.” A voice said from behind him, that peppermint blowing past him again.

He raised the tablet again, and selected food options. He had to grip the tablet tight as the finger swipe upwards so the options and their pictures scrolled past.

“Ooh, I know it's real plain, but if you're not planning on staying up, the cheese toasty is real good. I'll make sure to load it up too, I won't be cheap or nothin' with the cheese.”

She couldn't see that he wasn't looking at the menu, his eyes were shut closed as he suppressed the flight instinct that was screeching at him.

It was a hunter.

It was right. Behind. Him.

Why wasn't he running!?

…

Because he loved the way it felt.

He was alive! It was dangerous and stupid and it felt like nothing like the last few weeks and months of being invisible.

“Hun? You okay?” A concerned voice asked from over his shoulder, the hand that was pointing on the menu, briefly touched his shoulder.

“Cheese. Ah, yes, the cheese thing please. I'd like the cheese. I mean, I like cheese.. stop saying cheese...” he ended with a mumble, putting his hands over his eyes in embarrassment.

The giant waitress giggled in a friendly manner, before affirming that she'd be right back.

The night went on like this, the two of them bantering at times, Pip stumbling and stuttering in others. Eventually, Pip wasn't her only customer as she warned him that she had to go handle other duties so couldn't stand around any longer, but warmly said she genuinely hoped he'd be back.

When Pip shut and locked his door back home, he practically fell into his bed. It was late, or early, depending on how one would look at it. He was strung out; his body was exhausted from all the adrenaline it had pumped into him. When he closed his eyes, he could see streaks of light as his wired mind tried to climb back down into the calm of his home.

His clothes smelt of peppermint and he was almost certain he kept getting wafts of watermelon. His fur tingled in the memory of her proximity and actual touch at one point. He had actually touched a colossal being. Laying under the covers, his arms behind his head a goofy smile over his features, he tried to submit everything to memory, even what was under the uniform's blouse. He was a red-blooded male, it wasn't deliberate, but to pretend he didn't see it to himself was foolish.

His dreams that night wasn't well remembered, but familiar scents surrounded him and encapsulated him.

When the sun rose the next day, a weekend, he came to the conclusion he'd have to go see her again.

But how would he do it, without seeming desperate or creepy?

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Tarbosaurus

Tarbosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that flourished in Asia at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia and China. Some experts see this species as an Asian representative of the North American genus Tyrannosaurus. If not synonymous, the two are considered to be at least closely related genera. Like most known tyrannosaurids, Tarbosaurus was a large bipedal predator, measuring approximately 10 m in length, and up to 5 t in body mass. It had a unique locking mechanism in its jaw, equipped with about sixty large teeth, and the smallest forelimbs relative to body size of all tyrannosaurids.

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April Fools 2023: How Titanis Lost The Right To Bear Arms

Huge, flightless, and carnivorous, the phorusrhacids (or terror birds) were some of the largest apex predators in South America during its Cenozoic "splendid isolation" as an island continent – and they were possibly the closest that birds ever came to reclaiming the ecological roles of their extinct non-avian theropod dinosaur relatives.

And for a while in the late 1990s and early 2000s there was a hypothesis that they'd even re-evolved clawed hands.

This idea was based on the wing bones of Titanis walleri, the only terror bird known to have dispersed northwards during the Great American Biotic Interchange when North and South America became connected via the Isthmus of Panama.

Living during the Pliocene and Pleistocene in Florida and Texas, between about 5 and 1.8 million years ago, Titanis stood around 1.5-1.8m tall (~5-6') and was heavily built, with long strong legs and a massive hooked beak. Remains of its small wings were incomplete and fragmentary but had seemingly unusual joints, with what looked like a stiffer wrist and more flexible "fingers" than other birds, which led paleontologist Robert Chandler to propose in 1994 that this terror bird species had modified its wings into clawed grasping arms similar to those of dromaeosaurs, used to restrain prey animals while its beak tore them apart.

But the idea of a giant murder-bird with added meathook-hands only lasted about a decade. Further investigation in 2005 showed that Titanis' arms weren't that weird after all – the same sort of joints are found in terror birds' closest living relatives, the seriemas, and so Titanis really had the same sort of small vestigial wings as many other large flightless birds.

…However, there still could have been some claws on there. Many modern birds actually have one or two small claws on their hands that aren't visible under their feathers, and terror birds like Titanis having something like that going on is completely plausible – they just wouldn't have been using them for any sort of specalized predatory function.

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