https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=172.71.182.229explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-06-27T00:27:10ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:3069:_Terror_Bird&diff=370850Talk:3069: Terror Bird2025-03-30T01:02:38Z<p>172.71.182.229: Bird Height</p>
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Oh, wow, never seen a blank explanation before! [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 02:48, 29 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
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Jill is a pretty rare character (only 59 appearances). Cool to see a rare character.<br />
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this seems to be a play on dinosaurs in media to look more accurate by having feathers, which some view as making them less scary. this comic is a reversal, where the bird is supposedly more accurate and scarier. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.242.28|108.162.242.28]] 04:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
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:hmm maybe [[User:RadiantRainwing|RadiantRainwing]] ([[User talk:RadiantRainwing|talk]]) 16:09, 29 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
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Considering there are childs show with Barney the purple dinosaur, and that's supposed to be tyrannosaurus-rex, apex predator, and is STILL not scary, making Big Bird scary is not related to what species it might be at all. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 16:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
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I suspect Randall just received the latest edition of Scientific American. It summarizes recent discovery of a thick keratin sheath over the already known bony weapons in some dino species, making the nasty parts even nastier: bigger, heavier, and more resistant to damage. [[Special:Contributions/172.71.191.130|172.71.191.130]] 22:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)<br />
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'''Bird Height''' It looks like the bird is around 12 feet / 3.5 m tall (in comparison with the humans), but the Wikipedia article indicated that terror birds reached at max 10 feet / 3 meters. Is anyone eyeballing the situation differently? Is that noteworthy? [[Special:Contributions/172.71.182.229|172.71.182.229]] 01:02, 30 March 2025 (UTC)</div>172.71.182.229