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* The ''Utahraptor'' vs. ''Astrodon'' [http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/files/2012/01/Luis-Rey-sauropod-vs-dromaeosaur-Dec-2011-tiny.jpg image].
* The ''Utahraptor'' vs. ''Astrodon'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20120606155228/http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/files/2012/01/Luis-Rey-sauropod-vs-dromaeosaur-Dec-2011-tiny.jpg image].
* The author gushing about the dinosaurs he specializes in (''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'' and its relatives):
* The author gushing about the dinosaurs he specializes in (''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]'' and its relatives):
{{quote| "Unquestionably the coolest, most spectacular of all dinosaurs - indeed, of all living things in the history of the Earth - is ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]''. (Okay, I'm biased. ''T. rex'' and its closest kin are my professional specialty, and it's been my favorite dinosaur since I was a kid.) But really - it even has the best name, which translates as 'king of the tyrant lizards'!"}}
{{quote|"Unquestionably the coolest, most spectacular of all dinosaurs - indeed, of all living things in the history of the Earth - is ''[[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]''. (Okay, I'm biased. ''T. rex'' and its closest kin are my professional specialty, and it's been my favorite dinosaur since I was a kid.) But really - it even has the best name, which translates as 'king of the tyrant lizards'!"}}
* "If a ''T. rex''-size ''Therizinosaurus'' tried [Wing-Assisted Incline Running], the tree [[Captain Obvious|would probably collapse]]."
* "If a ''T. rex''-size ''Therizinosaurus'' tried [Wing-Assisted Incline Running], the tree [[Captain Obvious|would probably collapse]]."
* Oddly humorous are the implications of birds being dinosaurs that the author brings to light, probably because so many other books tend to differentiate between birds and non-bird dinosaurs, even those that otherwise acknowledge the fact. The smallest dinosaur is... the bee hummingbird. The fastest dinosaur is... the peregrine falcon. There ''were'' marine dinosaurs: hesperornithines! Lambeosaurines may have been the most specialized sound makers of all dinosaurs... except for songbirds. And dinosaurs didn't go extinct!
* Oddly humorous are the implications of birds being dinosaurs that the author brings to light, probably because so many other books tend to differentiate between birds and non-bird dinosaurs, even those that otherwise acknowledge the fact. The smallest dinosaur is... the bee hummingbird. The fastest dinosaur is... the peregrine falcon. There ''were'' marine dinosaurs: hesperornithines! Lambeosaurines may have been the most specialized sound makers of all dinosaurs... except for songbirds. And dinosaurs didn't go extinct!
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* On the fighting dinosaurs fossil: "Because the nearest veterinarian was 80 million years away, the raptor would have almost certainly died from that wound."
* On the fighting dinosaurs fossil: "Because the nearest veterinarian was 80 million years away, the raptor would have almost certainly died from that wound."
* The very fact that the ''scientific data table'' at the end of the book contains ''exclamation marks'' is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]. Special mention goes to the little note on the etymology of ''Torosaurus'':
* The very fact that the ''scientific data table'' at the end of the book contains ''exclamation marks'' is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]]. Special mention goes to the little note on the etymology of ''Torosaurus'':
{{quote| "Perforated lizard ([[Insistent Terminology|not bull lizard!]])"}}
{{quote|"Perforated lizard ([[Insistent Terminology|not bull lizard!]])"}}
* Possibly topping everything else is the illustration on the last page of the book. Good God, the illustration on the last page of the book...
* Possibly topping everything else is the illustration on the last page of the book. Good God, the illustration on the last page of the book...


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  • The Utahraptor vs. Astrodon image.
  • The author gushing about the dinosaurs he specializes in (Tyrannosaurus Rex and its relatives):

"Unquestionably the coolest, most spectacular of all dinosaurs - indeed, of all living things in the history of the Earth - is Tyrannosaurus Rex. (Okay, I'm biased. T. rex and its closest kin are my professional specialty, and it's been my favorite dinosaur since I was a kid.) But really - it even has the best name, which translates as 'king of the tyrant lizards'!"

  • "If a T. rex-size Therizinosaurus tried [Wing-Assisted Incline Running], the tree would probably collapse."
  • Oddly humorous are the implications of birds being dinosaurs that the author brings to light, probably because so many other books tend to differentiate between birds and non-bird dinosaurs, even those that otherwise acknowledge the fact. The smallest dinosaur is... the bee hummingbird. The fastest dinosaur is... the peregrine falcon. There were marine dinosaurs: hesperornithines! Lambeosaurines may have been the most specialized sound makers of all dinosaurs... except for songbirds. And dinosaurs didn't go extinct!
  • The author criticizing terms like "sauropod" and "ornithopod" for being inaccurate or imprecise.
  • "... a great explosion of specialized, sophisticated (and to tyrannosaurs - tasty!) iguanodontians called Hadrosauroidea."
  • On the fighting dinosaurs fossil: "Because the nearest veterinarian was 80 million years away, the raptor would have almost certainly died from that wound."
  • The very fact that the scientific data table at the end of the book contains exclamation marks is a Crowning Moment of Funny. Special mention goes to the little note on the etymology of Torosaurus:

"Perforated lizard (not bull lizard!)"

  • Possibly topping everything else is the illustration on the last page of the book. Good God, the illustration on the last page of the book...
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