Kirk Moodey reviewed Dinosaur Facts and Figures by Ruben Molina-Perez
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4 stars
This book is essential if you've ever wondered about speed estimates for sauropods or what exactly they were eating, what areas and times they were found in, and if any of them had half a brain (spoiler: some of them were as smart as iguanas, and none of them were as dumb as a zombie) or a significant bite force. My only complaint really has more to do with sauropods themselves, which is that they just aren't quite as diversely shaped as some of their kin so I found myself skimming large sections of the book which are devoted to showing pictures of different species - very lovely pictures, but very alike. I was surprised they didn't try to put in a tiny bit little more variety from the fact some sauropods are known to have spike-like backs and even (small) clubs on their tails, but it was pretty fixated …
This book is essential if you've ever wondered about speed estimates for sauropods or what exactly they were eating, what areas and times they were found in, and if any of them had half a brain (spoiler: some of them were as smart as iguanas, and none of them were as dumb as a zombie) or a significant bite force. My only complaint really has more to do with sauropods themselves, which is that they just aren't quite as diversely shaped as some of their kin so I found myself skimming large sections of the book which are devoted to showing pictures of different species - very lovely pictures, but very alike. I was surprised they didn't try to put in a tiny bit little more variety from the fact some sauropods are known to have spike-like backs and even (small) clubs on their tails, but it was pretty fixated on a theme of smallest and largest for a large chunk of the book so I suppose that limited them.