They didn’t forget about humans either, because we’re animals too.
This is what Hollywood thinks dinosaurs looked like:
This is a scary monster that will EAT YOU.
Universal / Via giphy.com
But this is what scientists think dinosaurs might have looked like:
Isn't this little guy just so colorful and fabulous?
Discovery / Via youtube.com
Basically, Hollywood dinosaurs just look like fossils with skin draped over it. That's because those artists tend to base their drawings on the fossils alone, while ignoring what the animal might have looked like with layers of fat and other things.
Paleoartists John Conway and C.M. Kosemen drew animals like the way Hollywood draws dinosaurs to show us why dinosaur art can sometimes be so flawed. And you can barely recognize the animals. Check it out:
This is what a baboon would look like. Isn't it horrifying?
The baboon probably looks so scary because of its accentuated teeth. Intimidating teeth are a common dinosaur trope.
"In the real world, even lizards have a sort of gummy tissue covering their mouths. The teeth, even in really large-toothed animals, are seldom visible," C.M. Kosemen told BuzzFeed over email.
C.M. Koseman / Via amazon.com
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