Treeosaurus! (i.e. stupid crap made up by a thicko) - by Vivian
SD on 7/7/2010 at 17:30
Well, I would think the same way the theropod dinosaurs of today (birds) reproduce: cloaca to cloaca
yeah hawt
Sulphur on 7/7/2010 at 17:37
Well, once the male T-Rex's pointy end positioned itself accordingly (a process which, by virtue of T-Rex's incredibly large tail, probably involved the felling of several trees, two species of fern, and the flattening of at least one fluffy tailed mammal), it would probably enter the cloaca (or knot hole, as per this new generation of thinking) of its intended target and proceed to wiggle its hands ineffectively in the air until business had been done.
Vivian on 7/7/2010 at 17:51
I can unfortunately confirm that at least ostriches among extant theropods do have a penis (well, not actually a penis, but it looks like one and does the same job). I was dissecting the until recently heaviest ostrich in england (the second heaviest ostrich in england kicked it in the face so hard it died, apparently) and we came across what looked for all the world like one of those horrible red sausages you used to get in french service station cafes. I was fucking shocked, I was just expecting air-sacs. What sort of hellspawn has a penis growing out of their arse?
Anyway, sauropods MUST have had something. I can't imagine those things mounting each other.
Sulphur on 7/7/2010 at 17:57
I dunno if ducks are theropods, but they certainly do have a penis. I can confirm this, and this has nothing to do with the fact that I was chased around a farm by one of them when I was 12.
Turtle on 7/7/2010 at 20:18
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Well, once the male T-Rex's pointy end positioned itself accordingly (a process which, by virtue of T-Rex's incredibly large tail, probably involved the felling of several trees, two species of fern, and the flattening of at least one fluffy tailed mammal), it would probably enter the cloaca (or knot hole, as per this new generation of thinking) of its intended target and proceed to wiggle its hands ineffectively in the air until business had been done.
Maybe that's where the Giant Redwood tree comes from. It is, after all, the largest carnivorous tree in N. America.
Bluegrime on 8/7/2010 at 03:26
Quote Posted by Vivian
(the second heaviest ostrich in england kicked it in the face so hard it died, apparently)
Can this be found on YouTube?
Tocky on 8/7/2010 at 04:32
Quote Posted by Vivian
What sort of hellspawn has a penis growing out of their arse?
Gay hellspawns?
As odd as this guys theory is you have to admit it's entertaining. The part about vibro location was damned inventive and though unlikely in extremis for T Rex one can well imagine a version of it working for our squirell-rat-monkey ancestors. More of an oh shit something heavy coming stay on the other side of tree but still.
Vivian on 8/7/2010 at 12:50
Quote Posted by Tocky
Gay hellspawns?
As odd as this guys theory is you have to admit it's entertaining. The part about vibro location was damned inventive and though unlikely in extremis for T Rex one can well imagine a version of it working for our squirell-rat-monkey ancestors. More of an oh shit something heavy coming stay on the other side of tree but still.
Apart from he had to drive nails into the core of the tree for it to work. I guess you could say 'maybe T rex bit the tree and sensed the vibrations through its teeth', but the main problem with all this crap is that its totally without precedence. Find me a lion that leans upright against trees to surprise things and you might have more of a case. Otherwise you're doing what is known as 'inferring novelty' in the fossil record, which is generally tantamount to saying 'you can't prove that brontosaurus*
didn't breath fire!'. My guess is that this guy is either so single-minded he can't conceive of being wrong, or genuinely stupid enough to think that a technique that works for hunting with projectile weapons is applicable to hunting with melee only.
*I know it's not brontosaurus anymore.
Fingernail on 8/7/2010 at 18:12
Don't forget it only says "MAYBE"
Tocky on 9/7/2010 at 03:16
Heh. As in MAYBE T Rex went extinct from frustration over an inability to masterbate? I would never have guessed such speculation would be taken seriously enough to name it. I think this more likely a snipe hunt. I could be wrong but don't hold any bags over your head just in case.
I often wonder how what we were managed to survive, we sleekit cowering timorous beasties who hid from all the bandersnatches to one day make it to the top of the food chain and reckon ourselves the equal of T Rex hunters. We were the furtive slinking lurkers peeking from the dark, hardwired to be the hiders and outsmarters.
Dammit, while I've been writing here some bastard outbid me on that seated liberty half on ebay. Some lurking outsmarter I am.
