I am both frightened and aroused

New pokemon looks different

So without their feathers they look like they act?

That statement should start with "in the past". Recent depictions I've seen have them fully fleshed and feathered using up to date methods to create as accurate as possible models.

If swans were making a metal band...

That post is of course a billion years old itself and the images created by shrink-wrapping are still in people's heads. Feathers on dinosaurs are rarely what people think of first as well and the notion has been around for quite a while.

I hope what you're implying is that swan feathers are a suit made to deceive humans from their obvious lizard people pet agenda, and that Big Feather needs to be held accountable. I've already booked guests for the podcast and have 17 articles in my substack,

I want to see a Jurassic Park movie where it's just geese and swans breaking out of captivity, and mildly annoying everyone.

"Remain perfectly still, their vision is based on movement."

"Nah, fuck this bird." Kicks swan to the moon

"Scientists believe that these strange creatures used their spiky arms to spear their prey."

Feathers have been found on dinosaur fossils only "recently", with the discovery of Sinosauropteryx in 1996

They can break a man’s arm.

Nah, they were an industrial band from the 80s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swans_(band)

I’d say ‘nope!’ But they kinda look tasty…

You’ve never met a swan, have you?

“Mild annoyance” are the seagulls stealing your food.

(Yes, that swan dunked the seagull so it couldn’t fly away.)

Swans don’t steal food. You give it to them hoping they don’t murder you.

Sorry, not entirely sure what you're saying?

It's neck is tied into a fucking knot 😂

That said though, this birb slaps. Really high power and good typing for the early game

I want to see a Jurassic Park movie where it's just realistic velociraptors breaking out of captivity and are just mildly annoying. Then the main character gets stomped on by a brachiosaurus.

We even have ways to figure out their colouring in some cases now! Like this sinosauropteryx:

That's cool. How did they figure out the colouring?

Weirdly, the notion that swans are particularly aggressive is one I learnt on the English-speaking part of the internet (so I instantly assume it's an USianism). Any references to swan behaviour that I can find in German talk about how they're associated with calm and serenity.

Maybe they don't fit under the term of "paleoartists" (they are artists of Paleolithic creatures) but the most popular modern depictions of dinosaurs are presumably the Jurrasic World movies, and I think they are almost universally lacking plumage. I've only seen the first, but the images I've seen I don't have any feathered dinos. So, no. This is still an ongoing issue.

They found preserved melanosomes. It was previously thought these were the remains of bacteria.

You can find details here, but I highly recommend reading Dinosaurs: New Visions of a Lost World by Michael J. Benton, who was one of the ones doing the research. The book is very fun to read (he's got that typical dry british humour), does a great job of describing the history and current status of paleontology (which is apparently exploding in new discoveries right now) and it has absolutely lovely illustrations, including the one I linked above. And also this anurognathus that is the cutest thing ever:

That's cool. We're going to look back at present views of dinosaurs with laughter it sounds like. Thanks for the answer. I'll check out the book.

They did.

I just ordered it. I had a girlfriend a few years ago and she was cleaning out some stuff. She found her old dinosaur stuff and asked me if i wanted it for my nephew. I asked her how outdated the things were. She looked at me pretty shocked and said: they are millions of years old, nothing has changed. I found that pretty funny

That guy sounds snotty.

This is so outdated it's wrong.

They are calm... by German standards.

It's the go-to for S/V speedrunning for a reason! Low kick, double kick, and acrobatics turn it into a bulldozer XD

british detected 🚨🚨🚨

Those old-paleoartists were really unfettered.

crazy how there's billion dollar movies that have embarrassingly incorrect dinosaurs in them

Wet owl moment

Movies often align to the popular perception if a thing rather than reality. Otherwise you're watching a documentary.

Boy have I got the video game for you: Untitled Goose Game

They'd look like dinosaurs.

omg look at it, it's like a ferret with giant legs

I like the title of the seagull video, that's very on point

Don't know, I've seen swans being total assholes in Finland, in Estonia, in Czechia, so maybe in Germany around Baltic shore they are also not seen as calm

There are a lot of animals that are seen completely not how they are, based on vibes, like wise owls, or cunning snakes, etc

They already look like dinosaurs.

Choose Goose is looking rough.

That's because the Germans have enough sense and morals to leave them alone :)

I fucking knew it, they’re Tyranids!!

it's not like documentaries aren't plenty popular, that recent series on dinosaurs (walking with dinosaurs, i think?) with our homeboy David Attenborough was hyped as fuck, no cap, on god, etc

i have to wonder if americans uh, get them confused with geese.. Because geese can absolutely have a tendency to actively harass you, while swans don't get close enough to interact with us in the first place.

Unless american swans are just suffering from lead poisoning like the general population?

Hot Fuzz. But with a swan.

I actually made an AI video of exactly what you just described.

yeah, we have some absolutely amazing art these days. i particularly love this type of depiction of dromaeosaurs: Just MASSIVE birds with teeth instead of beaks and huge claws, they feel very.. cromulent..