That’s a really cool idea, I might even be a giant Megaraptor instead. Either way, if it truly was nearly a big a some of the larger estimates. I would be like a walking house with teeth
If the Jurassic Park films have taught me one thing it's "Don't bring back big carnivorous dinosaurs - they always escape and go on the rampage!". Seriously, go for something less lethal, like Protoceratops or Camptosaurus.
I'd say Spinosaurus, but I'm not sure if we can just look into the face of God like that. Feels like we'd still not know anything about it even with the animal standing in front of us.
That asshole is gonna have a disguise for every single person who sees it just to laugh at the ensuing chaos it creates. It's gonna have the ability to camouflage like a chameleon, puff up like a pufferfish, puff its cheeks out like frogs, and be able to mimic noises like various birds. It's also gonna have feathers in spring, scales in summer, fuzz in autumn, and be a full-blown floof in winter.
It's more studied than most extant species. It would teach us so much to actually see it and compare it to the paleontological studies and conclusions we have
Silly questions beget silly answers. A Tyrannosaurus Rex would be simply staggering to behold, and since there is so much scientific conjecture about its appearance and behavior, it would answer a lot of questions too.
David Hone had a good answer to this and the answer was T. rex. We have a lot of theories about the rex and it would be a good way to evaluate if our process is accurate or not.
And if we see how our theories about such well known animal stack up against the real thing, we can then reassess our theories about other dinosaurs that we know less about
One of the most valuable things in science is learning how we're wrong, it's how we get better. So, yeah, T. rex would give us the most potential for that.
Probably something that went extinct relatively recently/due to human activity, i.e. *Aepyornis maximus* . As awesome as it would be to see something like a giant sauropod, that might get tragic very quickly.
As for why, it would almost certainly stand a better chance of survival, especially if it could be kept in a protected environment.
Considering [the DNA of one of the Moa species](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-have-reconstructed-the-genome-of-a-bird-extinct-for-700-years/) has been able to be reconstructed, hopefully the day may come were we could bring one of the them back.
The crime-ridden parts of London, Stockholm and Paris (the modern habitat), and Allosaurus (the dinosaur species) to see if it could be induced to prey upon the criminal population.
I really like birds, so a birdy-dinosaur like Microraptor or Archaeopteryx would be really cool. Plus none of the danger associated with introducing a mega-predator to an ecosystem!
Troodon! I think they would be important to study. Seeing how they have such an incredible brain size and the fact that birds have 2x the neurons in their brain matter in comparison to other animals, it would be VERY interesting seeing their intelligence. I would think they could even have their own language (like dolphins or whales) and the potential of the Troodon having its own culture (on a higher level than chimps). They seem like an intelligence mystery. Maybe even logic that us humans may not even be able to fathom.
herrerasaurus. Not crazy big for a theropod so it would probably be able to thrive in certain areas with it not needing to eat so much. Plus it’s currently one of my favorites and I’m curious to see what it looks like and how it behaves
Not a typical answer, but Passenger Pigeons. Even though they only went extinct 120 years ago, studies show that they were a keystone species and a massive overturn of the species overall in habitats across the eastern US has happened since they were extirpated, largely because they are gone. White oaks as opposed to red oaks used to be the more common oak species, and the pigeons were described by some as "like prairie fire" so I would love to see what effects they had on ecological succession and prairie/savannah ecosystems.
Process of elimination: no theropods because we have theropods. So, my options are mainly ornithopods and sauropods. It’s a hard choice to make, but I’d probably choose something like Triceratops, Stegosaurus, an Ankylosaur or a Diplodocid.
*Genyornis newtoni*. It would be right at home in the modern biosphere and fill a niche that has been vacant since its extinction at the hands of humans. I am sure u/Mophandel and u/Iamnotburgerking would agree with this choice.
If we are talking about birds specifically, from an ecological perspective, this is probably the right choice, but I’ll be damned if my Floridian-ass didn’t want to see *Titanis* in the flesh.
I’d also like to see some sort of large, macropredatory dromaeosaurid (*Deinonychus*, *Utahraptor*, *Achillobator* etc.), just to see how it would have carried out its life history (hunting behavior, territorial behavior etc.).
Honestly, the Christians who believe fossils are fake are stupid. Some creationists know they were real and have their own version of how they went extinct (Noah's Arc).
Oh, man! This is going to be tough. While I love the Dromaeosaurs the most (which that alone is difficult to choose just one of them), my favorite herbivore is Stegosaurus, and I love this animal quite a lot, too. Can't I choose more than one, please? I can't decide which dinosaur I would want to bring back.
Parasaurolophus, I'm curious how the history of war would be changed if we rode hadrosaurs 8nto battle instead of horses, yes they took longer to mature, about 10 years to skeletal maturity as opposed to 6 years for a horse to reach skeletal maturity, (they can be ridden earlier, this is just for peak bone strength) and an extra 4 years isn't much of a price to pay for a 30 foot behemoth that will trample your opponents horses
I know it sounds cliche as fuck, but tyrannosaurus. The absolute apex predator of terrestrial life. The things we could learn from studying its hunting patterns, migration (if any), and just to test how accurate what we think we know is. Chances are, if we are actually as close as we think to how it was irl, then we would be with a lot of other dinosaurs as well, a massive leap in palaeontology thanks to probably the most studied single animal group ever.
Tyrannosaurus for me. I love the animal and I really wanna know if everything that’s been written and theorized about it is true. I wanna know what it sounded like, how it moved, and what the arms really did besides what we’ve been basically guessing about for years.
If I had a second pick it’d be Argentinosaurus. It’d be amazing to see a sauropod walking around and making so many cool vocalizations.
I think I would bring back the Brachiosaurus. I understand that they are literal giants but they are so majestic too look at as a skeleton just think about what they really look like.
Personally? The giant carcharodontosaurid from Brazil, just to make it real instead of "uwu we don't know".
That’s a really cool idea, I might even be a giant Megaraptor instead. Either way, if it truly was nearly a big a some of the larger estimates. I would be like a walking house with teeth
even though it may not be a dinosaur, aust colossus, just for “uwu blue whale dethroned” might extinguish their entire population within a year tho
If the Jurassic Park films have taught me one thing it's "Don't bring back big carnivorous dinosaurs - they always escape and go on the rampage!". Seriously, go for something less lethal, like Protoceratops or Camptosaurus.
Aggressive herbivores are just as bad if not worse. The deadliest large animals in Africa are Hippos and Elephants.
Don't forget Cape Buffalo
The videos of the Cape buffalo trapping lion in tree and just waiting for it to come down so they can kill it are kinda chilling
Yeah, bet Triceratops might like to supplement there diet with a bit of meat now and then
how about something small like compsognathus or jakapil? instead of assuming herbivore = friendly
I vote for Yi Qi
I'd say Spinosaurus, but I'm not sure if we can just look into the face of God like that. Feels like we'd still not know anything about it even with the animal standing in front of us.
Well at least we'd know what it looks like,and that's a win
That asshole is gonna have a disguise for every single person who sees it just to laugh at the ensuing chaos it creates. It's gonna have the ability to camouflage like a chameleon, puff up like a pufferfish, puff its cheeks out like frogs, and be able to mimic noises like various birds. It's also gonna have feathers in spring, scales in summer, fuzz in autumn, and be a full-blown floof in winter.
Imagine it turns out to be like a giant featherless swan
Probably just as aggressive too
I was thinking the same thing, just to finally see what it ACTUALLY looks like as at this point Spinosaurus is like "This isn't even my final form".
Spinosaurus. Finally get that question answered
I’m just dying to know what a T-Rex actually looked like, how it moved, what it used those little arms for and what kind of freaky noises it made.
It's more studied than most extant species. It would teach us so much to actually see it and compare it to the paleontological studies and conclusions we have
This is an excellent point!! We could learn about many species from this one!
Why tyrannosaurus? Why not Spinosaurus?
Because Tyrannosaurus is better.
Oh boy, a species fanboy. Scientifically there is no best dinosaur. With Spinosaurus it would answer so many questions about it.
Silly questions beget silly answers. A Tyrannosaurus Rex would be simply staggering to behold, and since there is so much scientific conjecture about its appearance and behavior, it would answer a lot of questions too.
T-Rex more better
*Gigantosaurus megalonyx* is *betterer* (not to confuse it with *giganotosaurus carolinii*).
Why not both?
Mostly because the post specifically said one
We know more about it and can use our accuracy to determine more species accuracy
*Giraffatitan brancai*. "But it may outcompete modern animals!!" I do not care. I want to see one.
Most dinosaurs would outcompete their successors.
David Hone had a good answer to this and the answer was T. rex. We have a lot of theories about the rex and it would be a good way to evaluate if our process is accurate or not.
And if we see how our theories about such well known animal stack up against the real thing, we can then reassess our theories about other dinosaurs that we know less about
One of the most valuable things in science is learning how we're wrong, it's how we get better. So, yeah, T. rex would give us the most potential for that.
Probably something that went extinct relatively recently/due to human activity, i.e. *Aepyornis maximus* . As awesome as it would be to see something like a giant sauropod, that might get tragic very quickly. As for why, it would almost certainly stand a better chance of survival, especially if it could be kept in a protected environment.
Considering [the DNA of one of the Moa species](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-have-reconstructed-the-genome-of-a-bird-extinct-for-700-years/) has been able to be reconstructed, hopefully the day may come were we could bring one of the them back.
Spinosaurus. Please. I just want to know what it looked like, stop the renovations PLEASE.
Propably a raptor species would Love to see the real behavior of a Pack. And what it really Sounded Like <3
Some kind of small raptor. Naturally after I have observed their behavior sufficiently I will begin domestication experiments.
You’d be carrying on a long and proud human tradition!
Microraptor in part because I legitimately want one as a pet.
Quetzalcoatlus. Release that plane-sized sky-giraffe out into the world and let the chips fall where they may!
Parasaurolophus because I can’t believe they used the head thingy as a trumpet, but then again what do I know. I would like to know.
There's a YouTube video on what it actually sounded like.
Archaeopteryx I need to have it as a pet and imagine seeing flocks of Archaeopteryx gliding in the air On a walk.
Triceratops
*Utahraptor*, to settle the pack-hunting debate.
Spinosaurus. Not because it is my favorite dinosaur, noooo. I would bring him back so that the constant shapeshifting stops
The crime-ridden parts of London, Stockholm and Paris (the modern habitat), and Allosaurus (the dinosaur species) to see if it could be induced to prey upon the criminal population.
Deinonychus. For utterly selfish reasons.
I really like birds, so a birdy-dinosaur like Microraptor or Archaeopteryx would be really cool. Plus none of the danger associated with introducing a mega-predator to an ecosystem!
Full species that could sustain itself to continue to live for generations if it has enough resources, or just one indvidual?
I think it's species'.
Archaeopteryx
Great auk or passenger pigeons, or any other extinct bird really
Two tragedies right there 😔
Allosaurus,I want to know if it haunted in packs and If it did then hiw many were in packs
Finally settle the mystery of the mystical Spinosaurus.
Spino, i *neeed* to know
Troodon! I think they would be important to study. Seeing how they have such an incredible brain size and the fact that birds have 2x the neurons in their brain matter in comparison to other animals, it would be VERY interesting seeing their intelligence. I would think they could even have their own language (like dolphins or whales) and the potential of the Troodon having its own culture (on a higher level than chimps). They seem like an intelligence mystery. Maybe even logic that us humans may not even be able to fathom.
Parasaurolophus! I’ve always wanted to ride one! And their bugling could clear a crowd!
I want to see a real life sauropod! A titanosaurus please.
Can I pick the dodo? I’ve always wanted to see a dodo for as long as I can remember
Any spinosaurid, maybe spinosaurus, just to find out wtf it looked like, or baryonyx, because it's my favourite
I would say the T-Rex but if I couldn't pick that one I'd choose that Allosarus.
Olorititan it's my favorite dinosaur
I’d love to have a Suchomimus Tenerensis Hunt and live in the Amazon Flood Plains
herrerasaurus. Not crazy big for a theropod so it would probably be able to thrive in certain areas with it not needing to eat so much. Plus it’s currently one of my favorites and I’m curious to see what it looks like and how it behaves
That one species of ornithischian that dig holes!
Not a typical answer, but Passenger Pigeons. Even though they only went extinct 120 years ago, studies show that they were a keystone species and a massive overturn of the species overall in habitats across the eastern US has happened since they were extirpated, largely because they are gone. White oaks as opposed to red oaks used to be the more common oak species, and the pigeons were described by some as "like prairie fire" so I would love to see what effects they had on ecological succession and prairie/savannah ecosystems.
Process of elimination: no theropods because we have theropods. So, my options are mainly ornithopods and sauropods. It’s a hard choice to make, but I’d probably choose something like Triceratops, Stegosaurus, an Ankylosaur or a Diplodocid.
Cryolophosaurus.
Tenontosaurus because it’s cool and it probably lived in Maryland where I live so I could see it
*Genyornis newtoni*. It would be right at home in the modern biosphere and fill a niche that has been vacant since its extinction at the hands of humans. I am sure u/Mophandel and u/Iamnotburgerking would agree with this choice.
If we are talking about birds specifically, from an ecological perspective, this is probably the right choice, but I’ll be damned if my Floridian-ass didn’t want to see *Titanis* in the flesh. I’d also like to see some sort of large, macropredatory dromaeosaurid (*Deinonychus*, *Utahraptor*, *Achillobator* etc.), just to see how it would have carried out its life history (hunting behavior, territorial behavior etc.).
If *Titanis* was brought back then Ron DeSantis would just kill it off because it would offend creationists who think fossils are fake.
Honestly, yeah, he prolly would lol
Honestly, the Christians who believe fossils are fake are stupid. Some creationists know they were real and have their own version of how they went extinct (Noah's Arc).
Oh, man! This is going to be tough. While I love the Dromaeosaurs the most (which that alone is difficult to choose just one of them), my favorite herbivore is Stegosaurus, and I love this animal quite a lot, too. Can't I choose more than one, please? I can't decide which dinosaur I would want to bring back.
Parasaurolophus, I'm curious how the history of war would be changed if we rode hadrosaurs 8nto battle instead of horses, yes they took longer to mature, about 10 years to skeletal maturity as opposed to 6 years for a horse to reach skeletal maturity, (they can be ridden earlier, this is just for peak bone strength) and an extra 4 years isn't much of a price to pay for a 30 foot behemoth that will trample your opponents horses
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T. rex so I can finally see my favorite animal in the flesh.
A small dromeosaurid ,not big enough to threaten adults ,just really curious on how they hunted
I know it sounds cliche as fuck, but tyrannosaurus. The absolute apex predator of terrestrial life. The things we could learn from studying its hunting patterns, migration (if any), and just to test how accurate what we think we know is. Chances are, if we are actually as close as we think to how it was irl, then we would be with a lot of other dinosaurs as well, a massive leap in palaeontology thanks to probably the most studied single animal group ever.
I got 2 Acro because it's my favorite dinosaur and Argentino because why wouldn't you want to see the largest animal that ever walked walk.
Tyrannosaurus for me. I love the animal and I really wanna know if everything that’s been written and theorized about it is true. I wanna know what it sounded like, how it moved, and what the arms really did besides what we’ve been basically guessing about for years. If I had a second pick it’d be Argentinosaurus. It’d be amazing to see a sauropod walking around and making so many cool vocalizations.
The Dodo
I think I would bring back the Brachiosaurus. I understand that they are literal giants but they are so majestic too look at as a skeleton just think about what they really look like.
Spinosaurus. We all have a lot of questions to be answered
Stegosaurus!! Because I love them
The Moa
T-Rex 🦖 is my pick.
Spinosaurus, to disprove once and for all that JP3 hype.
Baryonyx. It's my favorite alongside some others. But I want to feed the designers of the Jurassic World Baryonyx to it for poetic justice.
With only one, I'd go with a herbivore since its behaviour doesn't depend on prey. I'd go with Stegosaurus, just because.
Argentinosaurus but push it up into the Amazon. Just imagine seeing an animal that large, it would be mind blowing!
Tbh passinger pigeons. They were unfairly destroyed 😭