Comments on: When We Become Dinosaurs http://www.idiotbanter.com/2009/07/26/when-we-become-dinosaurs/ Nonsense about Front-End Web Development, Music Business and Snowboarding by Matt McCausland Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:33:31 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: DaveT http://www.idiotbanter.com/2009/07/26/when-we-become-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 DaveT Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:41:31 +0000 http://www.idiotbanter.com/?p=545#comment-1008 I like the Dinobots. However I have been told that there are some discrepancies in the dinosaurs they were created after in the show. I watch too many cartoons maybe I should go to museums more. Or build a robot dinosaur. I like the Dinobots. However I have been told that there are some discrepancies in the dinosaurs they were created after in the show.

I watch too many cartoons maybe I should go to museums more. Or build a robot dinosaur.

]]> By: Alison http://www.idiotbanter.com/2009/07/26/when-we-become-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Alison Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:54:06 +0000 http://www.idiotbanter.com/?p=545#comment-994 I bet most of what we learned about dinosaurs in school is now completely different - I mean at the time we didn't even know what killed them... we learned a number of theories. Now it's pretty widely accepted that it was an asteroid that did them in. My biggest disappointment was finding out recently that one of my all time favourite dinosaurs, the <em>Brontosaurus</em>, didn't actually exist - turns out that another smaller "similar" dinosaur, the <em>Apatosaurus</em> had been discovered first. Originally they thought it was a related but different species than the bigger <em>Brontosaurus</em>. Turns out the small one was just a juvenile, so since that one was discovered and named first, the <em>Brontosaurus</em> of our youth is really an <em>Apathosaurus</em>. Sure, the same dinosaur is still there, but it's just not the same. And that's just a name change - there are actual mix-ups that have been discovered since our youth. I bet most of what we learned about dinosaurs in school is now completely different – I mean at the time we didn’t even know what killed them… we learned a number of theories. Now it’s pretty widely accepted that it was an asteroid that did them in.

My biggest disappointment was finding out recently that one of my all time favourite dinosaurs, the Brontosaurus, didn’t actually exist – turns out that another smaller “similar” dinosaur, the Apatosaurus had been discovered first. Originally they thought it was a related but different species than the bigger Brontosaurus. Turns out the small one was just a juvenile, so since that one was discovered and named first, the Brontosaurus of our youth is really an Apathosaurus. Sure, the same dinosaur is still there, but it’s just not the same.

And that’s just a name change – there are actual mix-ups that have been discovered since our youth.

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