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Jurassic world...

'While Hollywood depictions of dinosaurs often show the creatures open-mouthed with tongues waving, researchers have discovered that many of them were probably tongue-tied, their tongues firmly anchored to the floors of their mouths and unable to waggle around.

Writing in the journal Plos One, palaeontologist Julia Clarke of the University of Texas at Austin and scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences describe how they explored the tongue-wagging abilities of dinosaurs by looking at fossils of a set of bony structures known as the hyoid that anchors the tongue in the mouth... the majority of dinosaurs were found to have a simple, short hyoid rather like modern alligators, whose large, fleshy tongues are fixed to the floor of their mouths, with broad, short pieces of cartilage at the back rather than the longer bony support seen in birds. This, say the researchers, suggests dinosaurs could not have waggled their tongues, let alone stuck them out.'

[theguardian.com]

moNOtheist 7 June 21
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I support these movies because I work in the industry. I build big movie sets for big budget films and need jobs. This is my bread and butter. I realize that this is posted under Science and not movies, but seriously I don't care how accurate the tongue wagging is. It's a movie. Making movies supplies Union jobs for thousands of people in our country, they boost the economy and keep people employed. A lot of Action films are created for young audiences, so bear this in mind. Please support the film Industry, take your family, your kids, channel your inner child and have a good time. Stop bashing Hollywood for all the wrong reasons. Movies are a good thing. *Peace.

I take your point, and the post was tongue-in-cheek, but as to the movie industry, for myself I'll return to the cineplex when Hollywood returns to producing movies that are something other than superhero-heavy, overly CGI'd, and/or just one more in a long line of lucrative franchise outings.

@moNOtheist Amen

I think you were reading rather more into my post than was intended. To be honest, it's hard to read a criticism of the movie industry from the casual mention of a recent movie (as a joke...). My intent wasn't to bash Hollywood although, as I subsequently commented, I'm more than a little disappointed with its more recent output, most of which seems designed to cater almost exclusively for young audiences. And, yes, as a lifelong union member and sometime official, I recognize the importance of organized labor within any industry.

@moNOtheist I don't think so, don't take it so personally, I replied to your post but was referring to some of the previous comments as well. There are more than a dozen other comments in this thread. It's all good. I said what I wanted to say.

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I think it's way past the time Hollywood should have stoped making Jurassic movies.

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Jeff Goldblum is the only reason I'm interested in this movie. My daughter, however, is addicted to large critters eating people.

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And now for the woman who believes these were creations made by the first humans as gods.

Marine Level 8 June 21, 2018
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Kind of glad they left out the feathers, they look more terrifying with them.

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I do like how they explained them not having feathers in Jurassic World. It was because they were spliced with frogs that didn’t have them. When the first movies were made, they didn’t know dinosaurs had feathers, so I’m glad they explained it.

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In the end, the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park/World were the result of splicing genes from various living animals, as they explained in three different movies. Thus, the dinos were probably not realistic according to how they should have been. That IGN scientist admits to using pufferfish in one of the splicings.

A spiny velociraptor that can inflate itself to twice normal size - what are the possibilities?!

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We always project things from the past to fit our version of how we want things to be now. Hence, the changing images of Jesus through the years. But as far as dinosaurs go, I agree with the commentator who said dinosaurs always look like they are in a bad mood. I must admit though, if I was a t-rex and had very tiny arms, I would probably be pissed too......lol

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One reason I hate Steven Spielberg. He changed his dinosaurs to fit with his mental theme park that he carries around in his head.

Lol, ffs. 😟

Oy thanks @TheresaReid2

@TheresaReid2

I had no idea....

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I wish the Presidents tongue was so constructed.

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Love the Guardian

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? So wheeeew ?

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The new Jurassic World movie looks interesting.

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Yeah. But that's not fun.

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Plus they were mostly covered in iridescent feathers, many were warm-blooded, etc.

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