had to be done

TFA
Banjo possessed similar speed, razor-sharp teeth and had three large slashing claws on each hand.

Similar speed to what...? They don't mention raptors for a few more paragraphs.

"Banjo"? What is this, the bayou dinosaur? Sounds like one of those bad Disney nature films from the 60's.

Banjo, King of the Sea-Monkeys?

/Baaaanjooooo!

b a n j o, b a n j o, b a n j o and banjo was his name-o.

NobleHam: TFA
Banjo possessed similar speed, razor-sharp teeth and had three large slashing claws on each hand.

Similar speed to what...? They don't mention raptors for a few more paragraphs.

The article probably got a bad editing job.

The name "Australovenator" sounds more suitable for a robot than a dinosaur.

That's no ordinary banjo, mate!
'e'll rip your lungs out...

/with great, nasty, teeth...

Don't like what they're calling it, submitter? Well, you go and discover your own dinosaurs. You can call them whatever you like.

/Personally, I'd name him Roscoe

"Your limbs are weak but one day you'll grow up to be BANJO, KING OF THE SEA MONKEYS!"

/sgc2c

Clever girl...

A goddamned poodle is more deadly than a velociraptor.

Why?


By swampthing500 at 2009-07-02

Ooooooooooh, the terror!

Fluorescent Testicle: The name "Australovenator" sounds more suitable for a robot than a dinosaur.



"Kiss me or I'll kill you"

/something like that?

Bigger than velociraptor? They weren't exactly huge. 2 feet tall, 3-4 from nose to tailend.

a big nasty meat eater named banjo? i guess 'your mom' was taken

Deacon Blue: NobleHam: TFA
Banjo possessed similar speed, razor-sharp teeth and had three large slashing claws on each hand.

Similar speed to what...? They don't mention raptors for a few more paragraphs.

The article probably got a bad editing job.

They also failed to mention that the velociraptor in Jurassic Park is fictional.

The real "raptor" is a much smaller, feathery, bird-like thing. Still mean, but not as scary as those things in Jurrasic park...

Doombuggyman: Banjo, King of the Sea-Monkeys?

/Baaaanjooooo!

BAAAANJOOOOO!!!!!

NobleHam: TFA
Banjo possessed similar speed, razor-sharp teeth and had three large slashing claws on each hand.

Similar speed to what...? They don't mention raptors for a few more paragraphs.

people think I came for the raptor Jesus pics, but I really came to hear some Farker neither make fun of or seriously discuss tfa - but rather to point out what appears to be an isolated error.

/snarkin' on ya, that's all
//oh, and

once again... AWstralia has to be the center of attention

Banjo? That's a funny name for an animal. I would have called it a chuzwozza!

Since there's a T. rex named Sue, why not?

Just ask Ned Beatty how scary banjos are.

scwewywabbit: The real "raptor" is a much smaller, feathery, bird-like thing. Still mean, but not as scary as those things in Jurrasic park...

The scary things in Jurassic Park were much more like Utahraptor.

Since this is Australia we're talking about, what are the chances this newer, bigger velociraptor is also venomous?

So Banjo is a bit bigger than badger?
You ever tangled with a badger? I wouldn't want to.
Badgers? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!
Banjos? We don't need no stinkin' banjos!

scwewywabbit: The real "raptor" is a much smaller, feathery, bird-like thing. Still mean, but not as scary as those things in Jurrasic park...

Yeah, but something tells me that I'd still cross the street to avoid passing one on the sidewalk. Of course, I have nothing to base that on except for what Laura Dern told me when we were dating.

Probably named after this guy:

Banjo Paterson

A relevant quote from the man:

"In all museums throughout the world one may see plaster casts of footprints of weird animals, footprints preserved for posterity, not because the animals were particularly good of their sort, but because they had the luck to walk on the lava while it was cooling. There is just a faint hope that something of the same sort may happen to us."

Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of that after seeing Banjo in the headline.

/yes I know, not a dinosaur game but still

People, PEOPLE! Come on, now.

Look at the other names - Clancy, Matilda...

There are a number of Australian folklor icons, (besides the Alps). These are among them.

"Banjo" is for Banjo Paterson. Who, by the way, wrote 'Waltzing Matilda', albeit slightly different than the one you normally hear. Paterson was a poet and writer.

"Clancy" was from a Paterson poem as well. The Clancy character was snagged a bit for the film "The Man from Snowy River", which was also a poem by Paterson which referred to Clancy of the Overflow.

No doubt the next dino will be "Saltbush".

scwewywabbit: Deacon Blue: NobleHam: TFA
Banjo possessed similar speed, razor-sharp teeth and had three large slashing claws on each hand.

Similar speed to what...? They don't mention raptors for a few more paragraphs.

The article probably got a bad editing job.

They also failed to mention that the velociraptor in Jurassic Park is fictional.

The real "raptor" is a much smaller, feathery, bird-like thing. Still mean, but not as scary as those things in Jurrasic park...

Actually, the partially-discovered "Utah-raptor" is closer to the "velociraptor" in size and killing power. Utahraptor ostrommaysi is the scientific name; it was discovered in 1991, much later than "Jurassic Park."

Hey, my first simulpost.

snarkysedai: Doombuggyman: Banjo, King of the Sea-Monkeys?

/Baaaanjooooo!

BAAAANJOOOOO!!!!!

/s/folklor/folklore

Did they duel?

/drunk and bored

/bear and bird approve

Banjo Patterson, bush poet

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

What's wrong with Outbackraptor?

/Other than making Tavillion pay more attention to the back yard?

Retort: Since this is Australia we're talking about, what are the chances this newer, bigger velociraptor is also venomous?

None.

It was eaten by the giant farking salt-water crocodiles.

"Hey Maw, they named a dineysore after us!"

Hands. It had hands. That's scary.

oldebayer: What's wrong with Outbackraptor?

More likely to be Nedkellysaurus or Namatjiraraptor...

Gyrfalcon: scwewywabbit: Deacon Blue: NobleHam:

Actually, the partially-discovered "Utah-raptor" is closer to the "velociraptor" in size and killing power. Utahraptor ostrommaysi is the scientific name; it was discovered in 1991, much later than "Jurassic Park."


1991 is much later than 1993?

Christian Bale: Gyrfalcon: scwewywabbit: Deacon Blue: NobleHam:

Actually, the partially-discovered "Utah-raptor" is closer to the "velociraptor" in size and killing power. Utahraptor ostrommaysi is the scientific name; it was discovered in 1991, much later than "Jurassic Park."

I assume he's referring to the book, not the film.
1991 is much later than 1993?

Christian Bale: Gyrfalcon: scwewywabbit: Deacon Blue: NobleHam:

Actually, the partially-discovered "Utah-raptor" is closer to the "velociraptor" in size and killing power. Utahraptor ostrommaysi is the scientific name; it was discovered in 1991, much later than "Jurassic Park."


1991 is much later than 1993?

The book, not the movie.

WhyteRaven74: Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of that after seeing Banjo in the headline.

/yes I know, not a dinosaur game but still

Fortunately, I did not think of that travesty. Instead, I thought of Banjo-Tooie, in which Banjo can turn into a dinosaur and Kazooie can turn into a dragon.

Oh how I wish people would immediately stop thinking that when something from Australia is named "Banjo" that it's related to the instrument.

Bexta: Oh how I wish people would immediately stop thinking that when something from Australia is named "Banjo" that it's related to the instrument.

Was Paterson not related to the instrument? I thought he was like quarter banjo.

The new villain for Jurassic Park 4: The Antipodean Adventure.

Does not appear too menacing...

I don't find the name inappropriate - as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing more terrifying than a banjo - except maybe an accordion.

scwewywabbit:
They also failed to mention that the velociraptor in Jurassic Park is fictional.

Well, sorta. They basically took Deinonychus and called it a Velociraptor because it's easier and cooler to say.

Fuller: I thought he was like quarter banjo.

There was a poet had a horse, and Banjo was his name-o. B-A-N-J-O etc.

/you were named after the horse?

ew47: Banjo? That's a funny name for an animal. I would have called it a chuzwozza!

I see you've played knifey-spoony before.

jso2897: I don't find the name inappropriate - as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing more terrifying than a banjo - except maybe an accordion.

Welcome to your nightmare

jso2897: I don't find the name inappropriate - as far as I'm concerned, there's nothing more terrifying than a banjo - except maybe an accordion.



oops...forgot pic

wingnut396: Does not appear too menacing...

Nothing is obscure on Fark!

Oh if only Jeff Goldblum were alive to see this.

/JK

Mr. Chainsaw: scwewywabbit:
They also failed to mention that the velociraptor in Jurassic Park is fictional.

Well, sorta. They basically took Deinonychus and called it a Velociraptor because it's easier and cooler to say.

Which pissed me off SO MUCH, because Deinonychus has been my favourite dinosaur ever since the first time I read that book about Rhopa--who kept dying at the end no matter how often I reread it. So they took my favouritest dinosaur EVAR and DID IT WRONG--wrong name, whippy tail, arms held wrong, etc. The only thing that pissed me off more about that movie was the fact my mom wouldn't let me see it on the big screen. She said I was too little and I'd get scared.

I'd just turned nine and I'd already read the book like eleventy bajillion times--and for those who don't know, the book features two "on-screen" eviscerations plus several more non-intestinal instances of people being eaten alive with the reader getting a front-row seat. Oh, and one of the raptors get eviscerated and cannibalized because it eats a poisoned egg.

None of which made it onto the silver screen.

Phooey.

/world's bloodthirtiest kid

Helen_Arigby: /world's bloodthirtiest kid

Make that bloodthirStiest. Dammit, the one time I don't preview...

Sir_Alaran: wingnut396: Does not appear too menacing...

Nothing is obscure on Fark!

Fark is a D&D/RPG nerd haven. There is no way OOTS would be obscure.

RoyBatty: b a n j o, b a n j o, b a n j o and banjo was his name-o.

Came here to say that.

Rudy?

/sorry, just saw that movie today.
//Pegg rocks, the rest is instantly forgettable

Came for SGC2C and OOTS references.

:)

/Leaving happy.

We named our Mammoth "Zed."

/that's right, he's dead

Deliverance hillbilys, raptors, either way YOU GONNA GET RAPED

As someone else mentioned, Australia, so the raptor is probably poisonous to boot.

mjjt: Banjo Patterson, bush poet

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

Better call him Bruce to save confusion.

He looks more like a Gorak than a Banjo

why not didgeridooasaurus?

DrGunsforHands: Fortunately, I did not think of that travesty. Instead, I thought of Banjo-Tooie, in which Banjo can turn into a dinosaur and Kazooie can turn into a dragon.

well I didn't think of the specific game I posted a pic of, I thought of Banjo Kazooie, and that was the first pic I clicked on in GIS.

Came for Space Ghost, leaving semi-satisfied.

/It took until over 20 posts?

Jedekai: Came for Space Ghost, leaving semi-satisfied.

/It took until over 20 posts?

Fark does not stop and start at your convenience!

WhyteRaven74: Please tell me I'm not the only one who thought of that after seeing Banjo in the headline.

/yes I know, not a dinosaur game but still

I came here specifically for this.

/leaving satisfied

velociraptors were about large rooster size....

setting the stage for the best re-imagining of Dueling Banjos ever.

why do we always hurt the ones we love?

why banjo?

banjooooooooooooooooo!


/you... gonna eat that?

Reason #437 Why Raptors are Pussies:

Bea Arthur can take 'em:

/hot on so many levels

*pish*

T. Rex still rules.



Juvenile and adult examples at the Burpee Museum in Rockford, IL.

Helen_Arigby: Helen_Arigby: /world's bloodthirtiest kid

Make that bloodthirStiest. Dammit, the one time I don't preview...

What time do I have to feed the Deinonychus?

BLOOD-THIRTY!

/got nuthin'

Swampthing in Korea: A goddamned poodle is more deadly than a velociraptor.

Why?


By swampthing500 at 2009-07-02

Ooooooooooh, the terror!

Thank you for posting that. The movie really messed up what people thought of raptors.

How did they know the ladies called me "Australovenator?"

Aulus: *pish*

T. Rex still rules.

If you like vultures, sure.

"Banjo" the "Australovenator"? Really Australia? Really?

Dinosaurs found in Canada include, "Triceratops horridus" "Tyrannosaurus rex", "Albertosaurus sarcophagus", "Velocirapterinae"... Names that suggest it is a terrible or fast lizard monster. Not something cuddly that will "Australovenate" you to a backdrop of either lovely Outback-oriented poetry or twangy string-plucking, depending on what connotation "Banjo" has for you...

Banjo, god of puppets is pleased at the thought of a skeletal puppet dino....

damnit wingnut!

Ed Grubermann: Aulus: *pish*

T. Rex still rules.

If you like vultures, sure.

Or if you like hot love, definitely.

Bexta: Ed Grubermann: Aulus: *pish*

T. Rex still rules.

If you like vultures, sure.

Or if you like hot love, definitely.

OR IF YOU'RE AN F-14 TOMCAT PILOT!!!!


/hot like Ms Wormwood
//ok I threw up a little in my mouth there

mjjt: Banjo Patterson, bush poet

Andrew Barton "Banjo" Paterson (17 February 1864 - 5 February 1941)[2] was a famous Australian bush poet, journalist and author. He wrote many ballads and poems about Australian life, focusing particularly on the rural and outback areas, including the district around Binalong, New South Wales where he spent much of his childhood. Paterson's more notable poems include "Waltzing Matilda", "The Man from Snowy River" and "Clancy of the Overflow".

Better call him Bruce to save confusion.

we can't all have PhD's from obscure Austrylian universities

Down came an australovenator to drink at that billabong,
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee,

And he sang as he shoved that australovenator in his tucker bag,
"You'll come a-Waltzing Matilda, with me".

Scratches head looking confused..

JPJ007: scwewywabbit: The real "raptor" is a much smaller, feathery, bird-like thing. Still mean, but not as scary as those things in Jurrasic park...

The scary things in Jurassic Park were much more like Utahraptor.

Errr No. Partly because the Utahraptor hadn't been discovered when Crichton was writing the novel but also because everything in the novel is obviously based on Deinonychus. From their size to the location of the dig where they are digging up the 'Velociraptor'. It is pretty well known that the raptors in JP where based on Deinonychus but Crichton preferred the cooler sounding name Velociraptor. Though as Deinonychus and Velociraptor are both of the sub-family Velociraptorinae you could say this is all just being a bit picky.

I had written him a letter which I had,
for want of better knowledge,
sent to down near Winton where I met him years ago.

He was digging when I knew him,
so I sent the letter to him
just on spec, addressed as follows:
Hocknell hunting the Banjo

vertiaset: The scariest thing about the real velociraptor was not its size, it was relatively small, but what we were able to deduce of its cunning, intelligence and savagery from its fossil remains.

Think of a really mean, pissed off turkey with spikes for teeth and razors for claws that hunted in packs and ate its prey alive.

The velociraptors big claws were not sharp, they would cause puncture wounds.
I am not aware of any fossil evidence that they were cunning or hunted in packs. Also, they were not large so I don't think they could hold their prey down while they ate them alive.

/That sounds odd; 'I am going to keep eating him until he comes back to life!'

Jedekai: Came for Space Ghost, leaving semi-satisfied.

/It took until over 20 posts?

Nope. Look again.

so how does "banjo" stack up against the utra utah raptor?

Kalashinator: Bexta: Ed Grubermann: Aulus: *pish*

T. Rex still rules.

If you like vultures, sure.

Or if you like hot love, definitely.

OR IF YOU'RE AN F-14 TOMCAT PILOT!!!!

One of my favorite things about that comic. Not only was he pretending to be a T-Rex, but a T-Rex fighter pilot. Farking awesome artwork.

Fluorescent Testicle: The name "Australovenator" sounds more suitable for a robot than a dinosaur.

It's a Hitler Android that's programmed to love.

I like those dinosaur "relative size" pics. The man has his hand raised as if to say "I, for one, welcome our reptilian overlords."

The thing that surprised ME the most is that they spell it "paleantology", not "paleontology". Is this an Aussie thing, or is the author unfamiliar with the Engleash language?

We need them to name one 'Calvinosaurus', and not some wuss plant eater.