Dinosaurs 101

Let's begin a List of  the top 10 Weirdest Dinosaurs!

The weirdest in our book is a dude called

Therizinosaurus whom we shall call Zino.

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Kind of like Big Bird crossed with Count Dracula, Therizinosaurus was a large type of theropod dinosaur known as therizinosaur with a squat trunk, a long neck, a tiny head, and a trio of three-foot-long claws on each of its hands (hence its name, Greek for "reaping lizard"). Despite its fearsome appearance (which may or may not have included brightly colored feathers), Therizinosaurus was a strict vegetarian, or at worst an omnivore. 

Historical Period:

Late Cretaceous (80-70 million years ago)

Size and Weight:

About 35 feet long and 3 tons

More About Therizinosaurus:

There's nothing like an assortment of weird anatomical details--claws the length of human arms, a beaked skull set atop a long neck, a pot belly and a bipedal stance--to fire the imagination of dinosaur artists. Therizinosaurus has been depicted as sporting everything from Big Bird-like feathers to alien-looking black-and-green stripes, but as is often the case with dinosaurs, we may never know for sure how it really looked. Fitting its unique appearance, this dinosaur has given its name to a whole family of bizarre reptiles, the Therizinosaurs.