1211: Birds and Dinosaurs - Revision history

Sophocrat: copy edit

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81.179.199.253: /* Explanation */ Was that Subst:ed?

2026-02-07T20:24:15Z

‎Explanation: Was that Subst:ed?

174.62.80.92: /* Explanation */

2026-02-07T16:04:45Z

‎Explanation

Elizium23: using words from dictionary

2026-01-23T09:09:08Z

using words from dictionary

Elizium23 at 06:01, 23 January 2026

2026-01-23T06:01:08Z

Elizium23: Reference to xkcd 1452

2026-01-23T05:58:57Z

Reference to xkcd 1452

Elizium23: gender neutral pronouns

2026-01-23T05:54:02Z

gender neutral pronouns

Elizium23 at 05:49, 23 January 2026

2026-01-23T05:49:25Z

82.132.246.68: /* Explanation */ Correcting a bit of punctuation mess-up, and rephrased a bit while I'm here. (Seriously, though "four furlongs" is a strange measurement to claim... And we already had a larger-than-Ryan dinosaur so, ref to DinoComic aside, unnecessary.)

2026-01-22T18:01:21Z

‎Explanation: Correcting a bit of punctuation mess-up, and rephrased a bit while I'm here. (Seriously, though "four furlongs" is a strange measurement to claim... And we already had a larger-than-Ryan dinosaur so, ref to DinoComic aside, unnecessary.)

82.132.246.68: Strangely specific, contradictory and wrong! T-rex size replaced with usual upper hip-height limit (rather than length, due to posture). Sparrows somewhat bigger than stated ('height' depends on perching pose). Deleted Stegasaurus: not 4x660ft tall/long!

2026-01-22T17:55:22Z

Strangely specific, contradictory and wrong! T-rex size replaced with usual upper hip-height limit (rather than length, due to posture). Sparrows somewhat bigger than stated ('height' depends on perching pose). Deleted Stegasaurus: not 4x660ft tall/long!

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 The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate (but not invertebrate){{Citation needed}} dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
-The title text alludes to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' author {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
+The title text alludes to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' author {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2&nbsp;m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16&nbsp;cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
 [[1452|White Hat and Megan (even combined) are definitely shorter than T. Rex.]]

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 This relation between birds and dinosaurs is depicted in the comic in a {{w|cladogram}} which shows that ''{{w|Tyrannosaurus rex}}'' is more closely related to the common {{w|sparrow}} than to ''{{w|Stegosaurus}}''. Not only do the former share a phylogenetic branch, but ''T. rex'' also lived around 80 million years ''after'' ''Stegosaurus''. The concurrence of both species in popular culture is a widespread error. ''T. rex'' is also much more alike to modern birds than to other dinosaurs in terms of anatomy. This relationship was pointed out on the [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/690 Science] journal the week of the comic.
-The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate (but not invertebrate<sup>[&#8203;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|citation needed]]]</sup>) dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
+The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate (but not invertebrate){{Citation needed}} dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
 The title text alludes to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' author {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.

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 This relation between birds and dinosaurs is depicted in the comic in a {{w|cladogram}} which shows that ''{{w|Tyrannosaurus rex}}'' is more closely related to the common {{w|sparrow}} than to ''{{w|Stegosaurus}}''. Not only do the former share a phylogenetic branch, but ''T. rex'' also lived around 80 million years ''after'' ''Stegosaurus''. The concurrence of both species in popular culture is a widespread error. ''T. rex'' is also much more alike to modern birds than to other dinosaurs in terms of anatomy. This relationship was pointed out on the [http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6133/690 Science] journal the week of the comic.
-The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
+The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate (but not invertebrate<sup>[&#8203;[[285: Wikipedian Protester|citation needed]]]</sup>) dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
 The title text alludes to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' author {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.

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 The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
-The title text is a sidesweep to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' drawn by {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
+The title text alludes to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' author {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
 [[1452|White Hat and Megan (even combined) are definitely shorter than T. Rex.]]

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	The conclusion of this comic is referenced in the title text of the last image in the [http://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ Plastic Dinosaurs] What if?		The conclusion of this comic is referenced in the title text of the last image in the [http://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ Plastic Dinosaurs] What if?
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		+	Xkcd first acknowledged Dinosaur Comics in [[145: Parody Week: Dinosaur Comics]].

	==Transcript==		==Transcript==

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	The title text is a sidesweep to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' drawn by {{w\|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2 m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.		The title text is a sidesweep to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' drawn by {{w\|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2 m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of their hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
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		+	[[1452\|White Hat and Megan (even combined) are definitely shorter than T. Rex.]]

	The conclusion of this comic is referenced in the title text of the last image in the [http://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ Plastic Dinosaurs] What if?		The conclusion of this comic is referenced in the title text of the last image in the [http://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ Plastic Dinosaurs] What if?

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 The comic draws the conclusion that if birds must in fact be considered modern dinosaurs, the hunting practice of birds of prey (specifically, the {{w|peregrine falcon}}) is consequently a dinosaur fight. For an inveterate dinosaur aficionado like [[Randall]], this fact must make the modern world much more attractive.
-The title text is a sidesweep to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' drawn by {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of its hip/level back, and an average sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
+The title text is a sidesweep to the webcomic ''[http://www.qwantz.com Dinosaur Comics]'' drawn by {{w|Ryan North}}, who says that he stands [https://sharpread.wordpress.com/2016/05/03/guest-post-john-patrick-green-interviews-ryan-north/ 2&nbsp;m tall] (exactly 2m is just slightly under 6'6¾"). For comparison, a T-Rex could be twice as high as Ryan, to the top of its hip/level back, and an average unladen African sparrow (as with some of the smaller dinosaurs) is perhaps just 16cm (~6") beak-to-tail. At that page, the title text of the comic [http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2420 strip] from the same day refers to Randall and ''[[xkcd]]''. In reality, unless someone actually ''is'' exactly average height, they could always find examples of dinosaurs with heights that are closer to their own than to the 'average' person.
 The conclusion of this comic is referenced in the title text of the last image in the [http://what-if.xkcd.com/101/ Plastic Dinosaurs] What if?