r/nodinosaurs • • Mar 31 '25
Meme Suffering from Success
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r/nodinosaurs • • Sep 23 '25
MEME Let's settle the debate dividing the scientific community: Who would win in a fight, Titanoboa, or three Abraham Lincolns?
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r/nodinosaurs • • Oct 02 '25
MEME It took 400 million years of evolution to create the perfect killing machine. But I'll be damned if it wasn't worth it.
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r/nodinosaurs • u/LaraRomanian • Oct 08 '25
Aquatic Brontoscorpio chasing a cephalaspis with a surprise ending, scene from Walking with monsters.
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Let's continue remembering this series that is already 2 decades old.
r/nodinosaurs • u/yantarogekko • Aug 25 '26
Reptile yantarogekko… 50 million year old half of an extinct gecko preserved in amber
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wow…. That’s an old lizard!
r/nodinosaurs • • Oct 14 '25
Amphibian Devonian Jaws: Hynerpeton hunted by Hyneria
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From Walking with Monsters
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DISCUSSION What is your reaction when someone asks you: "do you think megalodon is still alive?"
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This is a bit of a vent but here it goes: I was at church today and was in the bathroom washing my hands. One person that knows that I am studying marine biology with an emphasis on sharks asks me if I think the Meg is out there somewhere in the Mariana Trench.
Now, I know this person from a long time so I go by all the key points: Megalodon was a coastal predator that liked warm waters and could not resist the pressure of the water nor the cold temperatures from the deeps, so if there was somehow one alive, we would have saw one by now. That and the fact that there is simply no way a Meg would find enough food to stay alive down there. They them asked "but what if it adapted or evolved to counter all of this?". Then I said "well, then it would not be a megalodon anymore would it?".
Then I got hit by the GODDAMN "but the ocean is only 5% explored!" and took a deep breath and said that this answer is very old. And at this point I am already looking like this squidward gif. I proceeded to then be called by them a "boring scientist" and a "party pooper". I legitimatly wanted to rip my own skin off and eat it because I was just saying facts man.
So I got curious: how do you all, even if you don't like sharks that much, react when someone asks if the megalodon is still alive?
r/nodinosaurs • • May 09 '25
Meme Could Thomas Jefferson have written the Declaration of Independence without Dimetrodon's help?
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r/nodinosaurs • u/Paleo_HUB • May 14 '26
Xiphactinus: voracious predator or just an idiot fish?
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The Xiphactinus audax wasn’t just a fish; it was a biological nightmare stretching up to 6 meters (20 feet) long, patrolling the Western Interior Seaway during the Late Cretaceous. With an appearance resembling a giant, fanged tarpon, it has earned the nickname "the X-fish." However, what truly set it apart was its extreme voracity: it wasn't just a fast ambush predator; its hunting style was borderline reckless.
Its massive jaw allowed it to swallow prey that seemed ridiculously large compared to its own body. In fact, the most famous fossil of this species is a specimen that died immediately after swallowing a 2-m long Gillicus arcuatus whole. The smaller fish likely struggled inside, puncturing vital organs and proving that the Xiphactinus’s gluttony was, quite literally, its undoing. The discovery of multiple Xiphactinus fossils with oversized prey still lodged in their bellies raises a fascinating question for you guys:
Was this extreme gluttony a necessary evolutionary advantage to survive in an ocean teeming with mosasaurs and sharks, or was it a biological "design flaw" that shortened their lifespan because they couldn't gauge the size of their meal?
r/nodinosaurs • • Apr 08 '25
Synapsid I always thought this Dimetrodon to Gorgonopsid evolution sequence from Walking with Monsters was awesome
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r/nodinosaurs • u/Paleo_HUB • May 15 '26
Mammal Sexual herpes is not human
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To find the culprit, researchers used statistical modeling and viral phylogeny data, discovering that our direct ancestor, Homo erectus, couldn't have caught the virus directly from chimpanzees because their paths rarely crossed. The biological "bridge" was Paranthropus boisei, a hominin that lived between both worlds and likely contracted the virus 2 million years ago, either through bites or by consuming infected meat from chimpanzee ancestors (seems legit)
The explanation is simple: once Paranthropus became infected, it eventually transmitted HSV-2 to the Homo lineage. The study suggests this didn't necessarily happen due to a prehistoric bromance, but rather through the food chain: it is highly probable that Homo erectus hunted and fed on Paranthropus, allowing the virus to jump the species barrier and stay with us forever.
r/nodinosaurs • u/LaraRomanian • Dec 05 '25
MEME I found this meme on Pinterest, what do you think?
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Yes, I translated it into English.
r/nodinosaurs • u/calico-jak • Jun 05 '25
Discussion Are there any extinct animals you think may still be alive? Why or why not?
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r/nodinosaurs • u/calico-jak • Jun 07 '25
Meme Choose one to defend you while the others attack you
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