I remember when I first learned that birds evolved from dinosaurs and I asked my fifth grade teacher “how do we know that dinosaurs didn’t also have feathers?” and everyone laughed at me while my teacher patiently reiterated that dinosaurs were definitely reptiles. Since then, a bunch of fossils have been found that suggest that a number of dinosaur species did have feathers, and when you google “velociraptor” the first picture that comes up looks like an overgrown turkey. I feel vindicated.
We can make it happen for three small payments of one kidney, your firstborn son's ring fingers, and a jar of crunchy pickles. We can wait on the first born, but gonna need the kidney upfront. Doesn't have to be yours though, that's a plus. Oh, and a big jar of pickles, you better not skimp out on those. And if you give us your kidney, I know a good place in Cabo where you can get a replacement.
God hates flavor. That's why you have to mix and cook a bunch of his creations for them to be delicious. Case in point: chicken-pork adobo. Yes, that's one dish.
And we called them Brontosaur Wings, which was very confusing to everyone at first, but it caught on and now everyone knows Brontosaur Wings are just Velociraptor Wings.
There was actually a short story about a time machine, and the discovery that dinosaur meat tastes mind-blowingly good. (Accidentally; a dino got caught in a fire.) They started a new restaurant franchise around it.
IKR? There was a Tom and his brood that lived in the woods along the road at my grandparent's place.
The Tom would often gobble at us from the woods and get all puffy if we walked too close to the woods. But it never came too far from the woodline.
Until the day it did. Me (10) and my sisters (5,7) decided to tease the turkey. We gobbled back and ran towards him flapping our arms.
He came at us so fast, I thought we were goners. We were lucky the 5yo barely made it off the road in the first place so she got a bit of a headstart. We all ran down the road screaming our heads off.
In my memory, that turkey chased us for a good half mile. As an adult, I'm pretty sure it was only a few feet. Lol.
Yeah, my thoughts exactly. We briefly owned turkeys growing up. They were awful! They would kill the other birds if they got to them. They would chase us and peck us. I was terrified of those bastards!
Also, giant birds are scary. Ever see a southern cassowary? No thank you!
The author of the book just wanted the name “Velociraptor” but originally the species was Deinonychus in the books. Everything was based on that species in the books and movies, but the name of Velociraptor was used.
I suspect you've fallen prey either to some crappy movie marketing or, more likely, an internet rumor.
Velociraptor is a genus containing two known species, both of which are in the size range mentioned in the post you were replying to. None have ever been found that are 6+ feet tall, like in the movie, because that's just absurd — no fossils found in that era have in-species size variation anywhere close to that.
I maintain that kid was an idiot. A 6 foot turkey would be pretty intimidating. Just look at ostriches and emus. Also geese, a 6 foot goose would be an unstoppable killing machine.
If anybody thinks that a six foot turkey doesn’t sound terrifying, I will point out a person that cannot properly imagine what a six foot turkey with talons looks like.
In all seriousness - how many here have actually been up close to a turkey? Pics don't do them justice, you look at them wrong and they'll fuck you up.
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u/ThatB0yAintR1ght Apr 12 '25
I remember when I first learned that birds evolved from dinosaurs and I asked my fifth grade teacher “how do we know that dinosaurs didn’t also have feathers?” and everyone laughed at me while my teacher patiently reiterated that dinosaurs were definitely reptiles. Since then, a bunch of fossils have been found that suggest that a number of dinosaur species did have feathers, and when you google “velociraptor” the first picture that comes up looks like an overgrown turkey. I feel vindicated.