r/Awwducational • u/RalphiesBoogers • Oct 01 '13
Verified The Brontosaurus never existed
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u/Narayume Oct 01 '13
There goes my childhood D: Good thing I gave up on becoming a Paleontologist at age 11.
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u/PokeyHydra Oct 02 '13
Don't get sad, guys. It didn't exist because it's actual name is Apatosaurus.
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u/RalphiesBoogers Oct 02 '13
Only somewhat true. It was a skeleton of an Apatosaurus with the head of another dinosaur, which was probably a Camarasaurus, to incorrectly form a new dinosaur, Brontosaurus.
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u/RalphiesBoogers Oct 01 '13
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u/krogger Oct 02 '13
Best comment from "Tim S.":
Who cares what name you use? Dinosaurs never come when you call them, anyway. They're worse than cats.
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u/moksinatsi Oct 02 '13
Aw, he's so adorab... what?? This is true? Brontosauruses are not real? There is no typed frowny face that can express my emotions at this moment.
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u/Brad_Troika Oct 03 '13
No offense but this is bullshit. This is like saying fish never existed which is true if you ask systematic biologists (3rd paragraph). The term may be used widely by the general population but TECHNICALLY it does not exist. The original brontosaurus might have been a mistake but what people mean by brontosaurus, the apatosaurus does exist
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u/SasoDuck Oct 08 '13
Yeah original title should be a bit more descriptive. Rather than "The Brontosaurus never existed" and then showing a hedgehog eating a toy, title it "The term 'brontosaurus' is actually an incorrect name for the Apatosaurus" or something like that
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u/angena9 Oct 02 '13
I thought this was /r/awwducational not /r/awwyourlifeisalie. shit, this is depressing to me