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Feathers on a dinosaur make them a lot less scary IMO, even the one in the artist impression is kind of cute, but I know (if I was around) seeing a very toothy bird-like creature live and in person might make me change my mind.

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I also had this with the Neanderthals paintings of Tom Bjørklund. Most of the time Neanderthals are rendered as ape like beings, but he draws them as humans. This made me think completely different about Neanderthals.

A list of his work: https://steemit.com/art/@cultureshock/these-neanderthal-char...

His website: https://www.tombjorklund.fi/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tombjorklundart/

You (everyone) should study their skeletons. No different from ours, unless you are a forensic anthropologist. Especially considering the wide variety of human body shapes. Showing them as ape-like is a type of racism. Technically speciesism I suppose.

what? they seem noticeably different to me.

I think I work beside the 2nd one... ;)

Ever had a bird attack you? They can be pretty scary, and they are tiny! Those things are fearless.

Just say Red-Winged Blackbird here in the Midwest and any bicyclist will shudder.

I was attacked from behind by some red wing blackbirds in Ohio this past summer while walking - I don’t know if I’ll ever feel truly safe again.

As others have commented modern birds of prey are pretty terrifying animals, majestic and beautiful, but they are large and terrifying. Even standing next to an ostrich (no teeth), its very hard to look past their general size and their 4 inch claws.

https://xkcd.com/1104/

Funny the YouTube video linked by the comic is gone.

Wayback link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150401183534/http://www.youtub...

Wow I had no idea Wayback archived YT so well.

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