Dave Hone

wow, these things are huge and amazing.

And then I'm like, the wingspan's about a fifth of the stuff I work on.

Actually, these are quite piddly in the grand scheme, you know, it's like an airliner going overhead.

And when you think about it in that context.

Yeah, I mean, because that's it with the... I know people tend to be obsessed with size, and you kind of get it.

Like, blue whales are fundamentally cooler than smaller humpback whales, even if humpback whales are cool.

Like, it's hard not to be impressed by Patago Titan or Tyrannosaurus or Triceratops or Quetzalcoatlus or any of these, like, ultimate giants.

There's a reason we love great white sharks.

There's a reason we love giant squid.

There's a reason we love lions and grizzly bears and stuff.

But...

The dinosaurs do kind of do it better than anyone else.

And the marine reptiles and the flying reptiles.

It's just so insane.

Yeah, both size and diversity.

Yeah, and longevity as well.

I mean, you look at...

You know, elephants have come and gone and, you know, the whales, okay, the whales have reached superlative sizes, but they're relatively new on the scene.

Could easily have gone extinct in the last century.

But yeah, you know, there's truly titanic dinosaurs for at least 100 million years.