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Post by schnautzr on Sept 10, 2009 4:20:07 GMT
What would you do if you were in Upper Manhattan and spotted a number of large, living theropods?
Select all that apply, and discuss.
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Post by Dadltondmd on Sept 11, 2009 14:55:22 GMT
hm, that's a tough one. I would do several of those things.
first off, my camera can take some very good video, so I would probably take video AND take pictures, while trying to get closer. well actually I might not get closer depending on what kind of dino it is xD. if it is a Tyrannosaurus or Spinosaurus I would probably get closer, because they don't seem like the fastest or most aggressive theropods around xD. if it was something like a Gigonotosaurus or a big raptor that I would RUN IN FEAR. either way if I survived, with or without pictures or video, I would be inspired to make more spore dinos.
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 11, 2009 20:51:01 GMT
I would grab cameras and camcorders and get closet/ climb high for a better view. Basically the same thing I do when I see living theropods already.
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 11, 2009 22:27:20 GMT
Do you do this often?
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 2:19:59 GMT
Sure do! ;D
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 12, 2009 2:27:48 GMT
Lol...I think those DIVERGED from Theropoda and aren't exactly members of that suborder. Those are actually members of the class Aves-- Theropoda is classified under Sauropsida.
That's cool that you have wild pheasants. I've never seen one in the wild here.
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 13:36:58 GMT
Lol...I think those DIVERGED from Theropoda and aren't exactly members of that suborder. Those are actually members of the class Aves-- Theropoda is classified under Sauropsida. That's cool that you have wild pheasants. I've never seen one in the wild here. I subscribe to cladistics and don't believe birds evolved to a point where they stop being dinosaurs. Most scientists agree that birds are not just the evolutionary decedents of dinosaurs but are actually a clade (a group consisting of a single common ancestor and all its descendants) of dinosaurs themselves, hence the term "non-avian dinosaurs" that seems to be so popular these days. With fossil animals being so much like both birds and dinosaurs that they don't know how to classify them how can anyone make a distinction between the two? Where do you live that you don't have pheasants? Here they are non-native, this male and some females visited my bird feeders regularly last winter. Are Birds Dinosaurs?
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 12, 2009 14:34:45 GMT
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 14:41:37 GMT
I cannot imagine not having them around, they are such a fixture around here, especially their calling in the spring. I'm sure you have some badass birds of your own though.
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 12, 2009 14:56:36 GMT
Hmm. We have songbirds, particularly cardinals, eastern bluebirds, Baltimore orioles, red-winged blackbirds ("what's that black bird with the red wings?"), American goldfinches, spatzies (the local term for English house sparrows), a handful of purple martins, blue jays, and robins. Crows, great blue herons (which are awesome but rare and very timid), hawks, vultures, eagles, mourning doves, Canada geese, owls, gulls, ivory-billed and red-headed woodpeckers. I have yet to see the ivory-billed woodpecker while it's not flying. Haven't seen the great horned owl yet either. Saw a bald eagle in my backyard once (several years ago), only one I've ever seen in the wild. But the only awesome big birds I've seen out here would be the great blue heron. I find it a boring one, though. Go figure. I've always considered the local wildlife boring. Edit: I take that back...ever so often I see a herd of wild turkeys. They're cool, even if they're ugly.
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 15:17:43 GMT
Hmm. We have songbirds, particularly cardinals, eastern bluebirds, Baltimore orioles, red-winged blackbirds ("what's that black bird with the red wings?"), American goldfinches, spatzies (the local term for English house sparrows), a handful of purple martins, blue jays, and robins. Crows, great blue herons (which are awesome but rare and very timid), hawks, vultures, eagles, mourning doves, Canada geese, owls, gulls, ivory-billed and red-headed woodpeckers. I have yet to see the ivory-billed woodpecker while it's not flying. Haven't seen the great horned owl yet either. Saw a bald eagle in my backyard once (several years ago), only one I've ever seen in the wild. But the only awesome big birds I've seen out here would be the great blue heron. I find it a boring one, though. Go figure. I've always considered the local wildlife boring. Edit: I take that back...ever so often I see a herd of wild turkeys. They're cool, even if they're ugly. We have most of those as well (I'm in NY) but I hope by ivory billed woodpecker you mean pileated woodpecker. If you're seeing ivory bills you've got a badass bird indeed. I used to find local wildlife boring, I've grown to appreciate it though. NY could certainly use a few larger mammal species though.
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 12, 2009 16:42:55 GMT
Oops, you're right. I get the two confused.
We've got white-tailed deer, groundhogs, fox squirrels, skunks, Virginia opossums, raccoons, and the occasional coyote. Coyotes are exciting, but you rarely see one. Around here, if you want to find an interesting animal, you either have to be dead meat in the forest or you have to be gardening and find an interesting insect.
Lol, found this on a local nature preserve website:
If I did that every time I saw a turtle, I would be dead. It's usually on curvy roads in the woods-- same place I see turkeys and squirrels. I do stop for faster animals, though. Turtles...I just go around them.
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 19:46:09 GMT
Oops, you're right. I get the two confused. We've got white-tailed deer, groundhogs, fox squirrels, skunks, Virginia opossums, raccoons, and the occasional coyote. Coyotes are exciting, but you rarely see one. Around here, if you want to find an interesting animal, you either have to be dead meat in the forest or you have to be gardening and find an interesting insect. Same here, though I've never seen a fox squirrel we do have gray squirrels. We also have beavers, bobcat, otter, black bear, mink and porcupine among others but I don't see most of them very often or in some cases at all. I did see a bobcat once which was awesome.
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Post by schnautzr on Sept 12, 2009 20:05:03 GMT
The only squirrels I've ever seen have been fox squirrels. It's pretty cool to stumble across a chipmunk, though. I usually see one when I go north several degrees. Can't forget rabbits...we get tons of those.
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Post by mantooth02 on Sept 12, 2009 22:36:14 GMT
The only squirrels I've ever seen have been fox squirrels. It's pretty cool to stumble across a chipmunk, though. I usually see one when I go north several degrees. Can't forget rabbits...we get tons of those. We have gray squirrels and red squirrels as well as eastern chipmunks. We also have a few rabbit species; eastern cottontail, snowshoe hair etc. but I've only ever seen cottontails.
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