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fkn 70 points 3 years ago

To be fair, the image in the middle is how we should think about Hippos. Murder Bois for sure.

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IWantToFuckSpez 65 points 3 years ago

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agressivelyPassive 32 points 3 years ago

I don't see a difference.

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casmael 23 points 3 years ago

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Squeezer 10 points 3 years ago

Wtf Jacob.

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comedy 6 points 3 years ago

Was that hippo balancing a stack of bowls on its nose?

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Draegur 56 points 3 years ago

The future paleontologist reconstruction makes hippos look as dangerous as they really are in real life.

Hippos are a living definition of "Looks like a cinnamon roll, ABSOLUTELY WILL ACTUALLY KILL YOU".

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FrullaPapaya 43 points 3 years ago

Dinosaurs were reconstructed based of modern reptiles, so dinosaurs have bony lizard faces because they are based on crocodiles and similar reptiles. If you want to reconstruct a mammal from the bones you surely have to consider the fact that modern mammals have different chubbier features

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Cypher 49 points 3 years ago

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SloganLessons 41 points 3 years ago

That’s part of the process. As we find out more fossils and new evidence, we understand a bit better how these animals worked and looked like.

This is not the link I was looking for but it also shows some revisions we did throughout the years:
https://nixillustration.com/...

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Finnbot 7 points 3 years ago

What a fantastic article, thanks for posting!

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SeaPancake 3 points 3 years ago

Croco-duck

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Ghoti_ 0 points 3 years ago

Birds are reptiles

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unnecessarygoat -1 points 3 years ago

Correct and pedantic

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Lun0tic 17 points 3 years ago

I'm sure someone will chime in with more reason but I find this interesting. At first glance the skull looks mega alien. However I bet good paleontologist (good ones at least) compare characteristics between ancient and recent age bones. Then they can sorta make out what the creature prob looked like. The difficulty is coming across a creature that has nothing to compare to or is very alien to the creatures in the region you found it.

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hungryphrog 17 points 3 years ago

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fsxylo 13 points 3 years ago

And the actual animal is scarier.

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NickwithaC 13 points 3 years ago

That is the happiest hippo I've ever seen!

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robbotlove 7 points 3 years ago

he looks like he just found out school was cancelled due to snow by watching the local news ticker on TV while eating cereal at the kitchen table.

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LemmynySnicket 5 points 3 years ago

Or in hippo terms, looks like he just accidentally stepped on a crocodile killing it immediately, right after he capsized a boat killing everyone on board finally achieving his goal of 100 kills.

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protist 13 points 3 years ago

In that same vein, T Rex probably had lips

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hungryphrog 19 points 3 years ago

Like this?

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Noodle07 5 points 3 years ago

It doesn't look any less terrifying with lips.. I mean until you imagine it giving you a kiss like a good boy

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aquinteros 6 points 3 years ago

moto motooo

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Kalkaline 3 points 3 years ago

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Masimatutu 4 points 3 years ago

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