Naturally, it’s Ankylosaurus. Just look at this armoured tactical turtle and tell me you do not love this silly little guy!

Just wanting to eat his plants. Wanna gnaw on him? Tough luck, it hurts and you cannot crack that shell. Also, he will fucking break your kneecaps with his built-in hammer while you’re bothering him.

Spirit animal.

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    Triceratops. The only thing wrong with rhinos are that they have too few horns and not enough armor plating.

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      There was a monoceratops. Hell, there were ceratopsians who didn’t have horns at all.

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    There any love here for Icthyosaurus?

    Just looks like a big derpy lemony shaped dolphin, with a snoot that 76% more boopable.

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    I like the triceratops. Having three pointy bits makes it 50% more awesome than rhinos.

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    Quetzalcoatlus. Technically it isn’t a dinosaur but that makes it - and me accordingly - even more special.

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    I have a few.

    By far the frontrunner is Parasaurolophus. Hadrosaurs are cool, Lambeosaurid Hadrosaurs are cooler. Not to besmirch my boy Edmontosaurus tho. The biggest Hadrosaur is also on my list.

    I am also a big fan of the Borealopelta. This is a Nodosaurid Ankylosaur, meaning it has shoulder spikes instead of a tail club. I like this guy because of the story of its discovery, as well as the fantastic display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. Also helps that it’s the most intact armored dino ever found.

    Finally there is the Regaliceratops. Like a Triceratops, but with a super fun crown!

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      Quetzalcoatlus gets my vote as scariest creature to have ever lived. If one landed in my yard and saw me through the window, decided it wanted in, it is getting in.

      I could maybe prevail with the 12-gauge sitting here, but I wouldn’t bet on it. By the time I got over the shock of seeing it, the thing would crash it’s head through my front window and snatch me. Betting one could hammer through the roof given a couple of minutes.

      Outdoors? Pretty much zero hope. Long beak, flies, moves fast, morals of a seagull? Yikes.

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      There is a company called Stego Industries that has a Stegosaurus as their logo. Sounds cool, right? Wrong! They are awful. They make plastic liners that go below concrete slabs, so under the whole building. STEGOSAURUS MEANS ROOF LIZARD!!! The only construction product worthy of the Stego name should be shingles >:[

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    Hell yeah, Ankylosaurus! That little doom wagon has been my favorite since I was a little kid!

    Really surprised to see that he inspired the post to begin with, as most people don’t know what it is!

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    Protoceratops because I am completely convinced they would be cool hanging out on the couch, playing fetch, and otherwise acting like a dinosaur house pet.

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    Just discovered postosuchus, which is a bipedal croc and as an Aussie I’m obliged to love crocodiles. What? It isn’t a dinosaur?

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      Postosuchus is terrifying. Imagine a 20 ft (6 m) alligator with long legs that can run long distances. They think it might have even run upright on its hind legs. Alas, not a dinosaur

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        As a fellow suchus enjoyed may I introduce the quinkana, a land crocodile that chased land mammals, would have lived along side komodo dragons and would’ve been seen by indigenous Australians

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    Sauropods because BIG

    But really, I mean look at those things!! They traveled together in herds and the size of them meant that as they walked, the strata of the earth was fucking shuffled. How cool is that???