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When it's big, green, and scaly, it's got to be a dinosaur
Well, you guess wrong! Not every animal that has those characteristics is a dinosaur. The thing is, you can not make sure that the animal you're looking at is a dinosaur or not just by looking at its appearance. What you need to know is that all dinosaurs are reptile but not all reptiles are dinosaurs. Dinosaurs live only on land and its feet are attached right under its body, not beside it. |
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Dinosaurs and human live side by side on earth for a long time
Nope, totally wrong! When the first human lived on earth, dinosaurs have been vanished for almost 65 million years. You know what that means? Yup! You're right. There is no way Fred Flinstone can have a dinosaur as his pet. |
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All dinosaurs lived in the same period of time
No way! It happens only in movies. Just like dinosaurs and human never lived together, many dinosaurs lived in a different period of time. Example, in the era of T-Rex and Torosaurus, dinosaurs like Stegosaurus and Allosaurus have been vanished for about 90 million years. |
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Dinosaurs are big and terrifying creatures
Don't believe this nonsense! Dinosaurs come in a variety of size and type. Some dinos, like Diplodocus and Apatosaurus, have a huge size, bigger than 2 stories building. While other dinos have size no larger than present day turkey, Leaellynasaura is an example of this. Dinosaurs also have different kind of diet. Dinosaur like T-Rex and Allosaurus are carnivore. They eat meat as their food. They're nasty predator too. On the other hand, giant dinos such as Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus are herbivore, they only eat plant as their main diet. |
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Dinosaurs are stupid and slow
Not all dinos are stupid and slow. Giant dinos like Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, and Apatosaurus maybe slow because of their huge size. But smaller dinos like Velociraptor and Coelophysis can run very fast, maybe faster than Olympic athletes. Plant eater dinos like Stegosaurus have very tiny brain, so maybe this kind of dinos is stupid. But Meat eater dinos such as T-Rex and Velociraptor have to be smarter so they can deceive their preys. Troodon is believed to be the smarter among dinosaurs. |
