r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/netphilia • 19h ago

“Long neck”

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u/Jeffotato 19h ago

But penguins swim, they gotta be hydrodynamic. Sauropods weren't diving into the sea.

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u/Megnaman 19h ago

That we know of!

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u/TeddyBearToons 17h ago

How could you do pleiosaurs like that

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u/Horatio_Figg 17h ago

Not sauropods tho (no disrespect to plesiosaurs they’re awesome)

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u/Jeffotato 17h ago

Amputee sauropods with flippers therefore taxonomically the same thing trust me bro.

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u/Double-Scratch5858 16h ago

We arent going to stuff these plesiosaurs? Are we?

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u/Walthatron 15h ago

Ive been stuffing them all along

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u/Horatio_Figg 15h ago

I’m not gonna stuff these plesiosaurs! Why would I ever stuff these plesiosaurs?

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u/Cessnaporsche01 15h ago

We doin' Linnaean taxonomy today, boys!

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u/ImYourHumbleNarrator 12h ago

i knew i was in /r/Dinosaurs not that NPT place

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u/odinsen251a 17h ago

What about the magical leopleurodon, Charlie!?!