this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2025
801 points (95.7% liked)

Science Memes

16348 readers
1814 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 68 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Fossils are more than just bone in many cases, and study of bones can reveal what they were. Example is that T. rex had lips. How would they know that? By looking at the teeth and how they wear down compared to other animals like alligators, etc.

[–] firipu@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can also see where the lip muscles attach to the jaw.

The memes that our current Dino images are wrong are very outdated. Our images are probably surprisingly close to reality.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Why don’t you want us to have weird dinosaurs?

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

We already have them, just follow any paleoartist that microblogs.

[–] firipu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

There are plenty of weird dinos. Just as there are plenty bonkers contemporary animals. Nature is wild :D

[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago

Example is that T. rex had lips.