#thagomizer — Public Fediverse posts
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Term Adopted by Scientists After First Coined in a 1982 Cartoon
"Thagomizer" has been used to refer to the spiky tails on a stegosaur's tail by the documentary series "Planet Dinosaur" (BBC), the book "The Complete Dinosaur", The Dinosaur National Monument and the #Smithsonian Institution.
Gary Larson showed a cave-man teacher explaining the name as a tribute to Thag Simmons. Link to Wikipedia article.
#late #great #ThagSimmons #Thagomizer #GaryLarson #FarSide #cartoon
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Behold! The punctured vertebrae #Dinosaur #Fossil of an #Allosaurus caused by the #Thagomizer of a #Stegosaurus. The spikes (seen to illustrate fit) were used for defense. The thagomized allosaurus survived as evidenced by healed bone. #Science #PaleoSky 🧪 🦕 See: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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The CAD for this bot keeps getting more complicated.
#combatrobotics #3dprinting #Battlebots #combatrobot #makers #antweight #robot #150g #fairyweight #thagomizer #horizontalspinner #cad #tinkerCAD