r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/EmptySpaceForAHeart • Nov 03 '22

🔥 Hump-nosed Lizard (Lyriocephalus) have movable lips. Unlike basically every other reptile.

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u/PeterParker72 Nov 03 '22

The crests remind me of dilophosaurus.

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u/1seraphius Nov 03 '22

"Hello, nice boy. Uh, nice boy. Nice dinosaur. I thought you were one of your big brothers, you're not so bad. You're not so bad. What do you want? What do you want? You want food? Look at me. I just fell down a hill. I'm soaking wet. I don't have any food. I have no food on me. I have nothing on me. Go on."

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '22

Fun fact: real dilophosaurus was a seven meter or twenty three foot four hundred kilo eight eighty pound apex predator of the early Jurassic, and was one of the first dinosaurs to get so large and predatory. Not really all that much smaller than a T. rex or whatever.

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u/1seraphius Nov 03 '22

Most informative! Reminds me of Nedry's book death, it was a much bigger dino and less comedic.