• ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      Not technically, but it was a prehistoric animal, which makes it a “dinosaur” in my eyes. Also, does it really matter?

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        1 year ago

        It matters if you’re a paleontologist or just a bore (like me). Gotta be pedantic about some things, otherwise people might think dolphins are fish because they live in the ocean. No offense meant, comrade

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          1 year ago

          True, but this is hardly a college lecture, so for the fun of the game I felt like my answer was “close enough”. I feel like it definitely makes sense to be pedantic in most places, but a discussion of favorite dinosaurs feels a but much.

          Also dinosaur has become more of a colloquial term over the years as well, which has bent its popular definition to simply include many prehistoric non-mammal animals. However you are right in the paleontological definition.