Talk:3069: Terror Bird

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--FaviFake (talk) 16:35, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Oh, wow, never seen a blank explanation before! RadiantRainwing (talk) 02:48, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Jill is a pretty rare character (only 59 appearances). Cool to see a rare character.

Jill is at 40 at the moment (41 as long as this comic is on the front page, but then back to the real 40). Not sure how you got the 59? Originally she was called Science Girl, and I'm not at all in favor of the name change... Not sure who thought that was a good idea? She is a generic girl interested in science. And in one comic she's a young adult and in one she is looking different. --Kynde (talk) 15:41, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

this seems to be a play on dinosaurs in media to look more accurate by having feathers, which some view as making them less scary. this comic is a reversal, where the bird is supposedly more accurate and scarier. 108.162.242.28 04:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

hmm maybe RadiantRainwing (talk) 16:09, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Considering there are childs show with Barney the purple dinosaur, and that's supposed to be tyrannosaurus-rex, apex predator, and is STILL not scary, making Big Bird scary is not related to what species it might be at all. -- Hkmaly (talk) 16:58, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

I suspect Randall just received the latest edition of Scientific American. It summarizes recent discovery of a thick keratin sheath over the already known bony weapons in some dino species, making the nasty parts even nastier: bigger, heavier, and more resistant to damage. 172.71.191.130 22:59, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Bird Height It looks like the bird is around 12 feet / 3.5 m tall (in comparison with the humans), but the Wikipedia article indicated that terror birds reached at max 10 feet / 3 meters. Is anyone eyeballing the situation differently? Is that noteworthy? 172.71.182.229 01:02, 30 March 2025 (UTC)

Jill's a child. 'Hairy' could be a non-adult Hairy (just older/taller than Jill). Have you tried instead assuming that the comic Bird is 10' high and working out if Jill/Hairy are reasonable (maybe both adolescent) sizes in comparison? 162.158.33.253 01:36, 30 March 2025 (UTC)