Favourite Dinosaur

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Following a conversation with DH... What is the best dinosaur. He says velociraptor. Personally I prefer Pteredons, but I don't think they are strictly dinosaurs. I'm rather impressed by giraffatitans too...

Dilophosaurus or Compsognathus

My choice is in a poem I remember reading at primary school:

Triceratops was well-equipped with horns.
One on his nose, and two where his eyebrows ought to be.

We come at last to Trachodon,
who could swim very well, in fact.
He was very ducklike in the face,
I doubt he ever quacked.

My daughter says: Diplodocus but I've always like the stegosaurus

I love how diverse dinosaurs are. And I've found even more types to like.

DD (7yo) is trying to turn part of her bedroom into a dinosaur museum.

Hmmm. I've not got much time for Compsognathus. The bloody thief meant that poor old Drip had a miserable childhood after being kidnapped I may have read too much Tyrannosaurus Drip recently

Another vote here for the gentle Diplodocus. We don't watch Andy anymore which makes me sad. He's got an Aquatic Adventures series out now. I do have a a selfie of him and I though. That's not even a stealth brag. I'm putting it out there loud and proud.

T-Rex pisses all over the others. I can’t believe this is even up for debate.

YA all BVU

(So glad to see the non CV topic!!)

T-Rex has those tiny pointless arms. It's all off balance. I can fully imagine T-Rex running and just falling flat on his big face because his great big head isn't being balanced by the middle section.

Prepares to get into a bunfight about dinosaurs

(My autocorrect changed that to gunfight, bit extreme)

My D's professional opinion(ASD and obsessed) is iguanadon,known as thumbs up Dino for my benefit when he was first obsessing
Therizinasaurus(sp?) Is his second choice

These are my favourite dinosaurs.

Woolly mammoths, altho I'm guessing they're not technically dinosaurs?

@TeetotalKoala jealous of your Andy selfie.
DS obsessed with ANDY’s Aquatic Adventures. I can’t cope with the fact that “Mr Hammond is the boss but it’s Jen that’s in the know”
WHY IS JEN NOT THE BOSS THEN
overinvested

The current portrayal of the velociraptor as small, cute and bird-like makes it my favourite.
Anyone remember this thread? www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2301982-Im-getting-sick-and-tired-of-dinosaurs-being-forced-on-our-children

Ankylosaurus - esp in andys dinosaur adventures where they took out a t-Rex. Definitely understated.

Duckme, that was a brachiosaurus I think. Very emotional movie moment for my DS...

Triceratops. Easy.

This. WTF is wrong with the rest of you? It's clearly the best.

My DD developed Theory of Mind while watching Land Before Time. She went from not giving a crap about characters in films to "where are their parents" sobbing in Land Before Time. Lovely memory.

Microraptor
Acheaopteryx
Dimetrodon

None of which are really dinosaurs.

Got a soft spot for trolodon too

I'm also fond of the Quetzalcoatlus and the Megalodon if we're widening the criteria to creatures around at the time of the dinosaurs.

Ds used to love triceratops until he discovered it was a veggie eater. Now he's all about the carnivores. His little sister really likes them at the moment, curious if their eating habits will put her off once she's a bit bigger.

I like lots of the herbivores that looked like they took no shit, and brushed off the carnivores like they were flies. Plus t-rex, mainly because of the inflatable costume you can now get and play "sumo wrestler" in. Possibly not the most scientific reasons.....

Pterosaur. I would love to have seen one in real life, though I'm aware it would have eaten me. Can I also have Titanoboa?

11YO has always told me since the age of 4 that Spinosaurus is the very very best. Top predator on land and sea!

Parasaurolophus. It looks funny (I have a soft spot for the underdog I guess) and it’s fun to say.

Spinosaurus could eat a whole shark.
I miss reading the dinosaur books, we had loads - all of the Harry ones as well as brilliant pop up factual ones.
I liked the plieisaurs, elasmosaur and triceratops.

I'm so pleased I'm the first to say Baryonx!

DS2 is adamant one day he will be a palaeontologist based at the NHM and has picked his office door already. He also, heartbreakingly, cried when he realised the NHM had to close its doors and we won't be able to go for a long time whilst he's off school.

@claracluck78 was due to travel to NHM last Friday with DS from Ireland

Luckily we hadn’t told him about the trip