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Readers Respond: What's Your Favorite Dinosaur?

Responses: 24

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Parasaurolophus

I would have to say Parasaurolophus, it's crest characterizes it and it is usually what people think of when they hear "duckbill" (hadrosaur)
—Guest Harrison

Toss Up

Mine was always a toss up between triceratops, steggies, and ankylosaurus. I guess I love herbivores that can fight back!! Spiked head, spiked tails...It's all good!
—BethPete

Does Archeopteryx Count?

I've always loved this half bird/half dino because it always looked like an evil parrot in schoolbooks.
—DiyRain

Hadrosaurus

I've got to go with the hadrosaurus, because it's NJ's dino claim to fame.
—wildjersey

T-rex

In Colorado, a road construction project is named T-rex and has been going on for several years. A dino that refuses to die! Cool. Sometimes I imagine one coming over the ridge. Duck and cover.
—Guest Jen

Stegosaurus

Stegosaurus is my knee-jerk response. I didn't even know I had a favorite dino, but my memory from childhood is quite clear that stego is my flat out, way in front fav. Love the stylin' mohawk-y look.
—containergardener

My Favorite Dinosaur is Fossilized

My Favorite Dinosaur is a dead dinosaur. That's right I prefer my dinosaurs fossilized. I really wouldn't fancy meeting up with living dinosaur and ending up as its dinner. So I'm quite happy with things as they are. I enjoy looking at dinosaur pictures but they seem somewhat fanciful. I recently saw a picture of a Cassowary and imagine it to be a direct descendant of the kind of dinosaurs which are supposedly birdlike. Since we live on separate continents, I'm cool with that.
—Guest S_Khalsa

Triceratops

As a kid, my favorite by far was the Triceratops. I loved the idea that they were able to defend themselves against that big, bad T-Rex, though imagining them charging forward and impaling a predator on those horns probably wasn't 100% accurate. I had a stuffed triceratops that was one my most favorite toys... though I did give him the unfortunate name "Horny."
—Charlie_Zegers

It's the one with wings

It's always been the pterodactyl for me. Partially because of its name and partially because it flies. It doesn't take much to please me. Terrific hub, by the way!
—Barb.Rolek

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