anyway, therizinosaurus fun fact because i love him despite the fact i cant say his name
when therizinosaurus fossils were first found people thought it was a giant turtle because we only found parts and not a whole skeleton
which like,,,makes sense i mean:
( above: close up shot of a therizinosaurus fossilized claw )
( above: a shot of a turtle fossil with long flippers that kinda look like thin versions of the fossilized claw)
ya know ??? it makes sense
and like for a while tm people thought they were long neck creatures that ooo scary but we kept finding fossils and stuff and eventually put together a lot more based on relatives and fossils and ~science~
and like now its generally accepted they were much more sloth-like which
( above: fossilized giant ground sloth / Megatherium )
( below: entire fossil of therizinosaurus in a similar pose as Megatherium)
LIKE YEAH HE PROBABLY DO BE MORE SLOTH THAN TURTLE AINT HE