#Dinosapien

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

My childhood was strongly influenced by DinoSapien. Anyone remember DinoSapien??

I DO AND THAT SHOW WAS A FEVER DREAM

A FEVER DREAM I SAY

SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE

[thecreaturecodex]

Tenukh

"DINOSAPIEN: THE DIGGERS" © deviantArt user Taliesaurus, accessed at his gallery here

[Sponsored by @glarnboudin. These are the antagonists from Dinosapien, a Discovery channel TV show after my time. They have three canon names, and I hate all of them. I've spoken before about my irritation with monsters that swipe names from mythology thoughtlessly. The unktehi is a horned aquatic serpent in Lakota lore, and this is 0 for 3. And since the term "digger" was used as an ethnic slur for a different group of native Americans, the name seems especially tone-deaf. If you're going to be making a TV show with Native terminology (misued), you should at least double check to make sure you're not using any slurs! A scientist character refers to them as "ornithosapiens", I guess because they're ornithischians, but that name should probably go to, you know, birds. I ended up creating my own name rearranging the letters of unktehi.]

Tenukh CR 4 CN Monstrous Humanoid This creature is a bipedal reptile the size of a bison. It is as broad as it is tall, with an armored carapace and a domed head. Its forelimbs end in clawed hands, and it carries a spear.

Tenukhs are cave-dwelling sapient dinosaurs, descended from ankylosaurians. They are insectivorous, and much of their lives revolve around tending to and harvesting colonial insects such as termites, ants, bees and wasps. They supplement these foods with other insects, roots and herbs, especially during the winter in regions where hives go dormant in cold weather. Tenukhs are clannish, xenophobic and territorial, and a creature that disturbs their hives (or worse, steals honey or larvae from them) may be chased to the ends of the earth.

Tenukhs are straight forward combatants. They typically fight in pairs, with one charging headfirst into melee with the other providing backup with a spear. They have short arms, and so have limited reach despite their size, so favor polearms when wielding melee weapons. Tenukhs are fascinated by explosives, and may beg borrow or steal to get them, even if they do not fully understand their use.

The tenukh language is spoken through the nose, as the creatures have complicated, muscular sinuses. They can learn to speak other languages with some effort, and especially intelligent or practiced tenukh may speak Aklo, Common, Dwarven, Goblin, or Undercommon.

Tenukh   CR 4 XP 1,200 CN Large monstrous humanoid Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +8, scent Defense AC 17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (-1 size, +8 natural) hp 37 (5d10+10) Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +6 Resist acid 10 Defensive Abilities fortification (50%); Weakness light blindness Offense Speed 30 ft., burrow 10 ft. Melee masterwork longspear +8 (2d6+4/x3), slam +2 (1d8+1) or 2 claws +7 (1d6+3), slam +7 (1d8+3) Ranged chakram +4 (2d6+4) Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with longspear) Special Attacks powerful charge (slam, 2d8+4 plus stun), stun Statistics Str 16, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 9 Base Atk +5; CMB +9; CMD 29 (33 vs. bull rush, overrun, trip) Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Intimidating Prowess, Martial Weapon Proficiency (chakram) (B) Skills Climb +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +2, Intimidate +8, Perception +8, Survival +8 Languages Tenukh Ecology Environment underground Organization solitary, pair or clan (3-12) Treasure standard (masterwork longspear, 3 chakram, other treasure) Special Attacks Stun (Ex) A creature struck by a tenukh’s slam attack on a powerful charge or a critical hit must succeed a DC 15 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The save DC is Strength based.

[that-glitter-chick]

Just discovered an old tv series called Dinosapien, it’s Canadian and about a small group of people who live in a dinosaur themed summer camp. There’s a white girl, her mother and their First Nation friends. There’s also a white guy who eventually becomes the villain by being greedy (big surprise).

The girl’s father had gone missing years ago and it turned out he had discovered that some dinosaurs survived the cataclysm, evolving to have human level intelligence and some more human like features like hands and the limited ability to speak our languages.

This gives me Land of the Lost (Nickelodeon 90s reboot version) vibes and I want to see it!

[crigby]

no bc the way something just unlocked in my brain and i remembered that the show ‘dinosapien’ exists??? if there’s one thing i’m gonna do it’s have semi to mostly forgotten dinosaur shows from the early 2000s on dvd some where in my house. how did my parents even discover it??? i’m australian why did they know about this random ass show

[frie-ice]

Because is was the new Dragons series, Dragons: The Nine Realms, that got me to make my Dinosapien Recast Meme on DeviantArt, as well remember Dinosapien, I decided to fill in the insert boxes with the modern characters from the DreamWorks Dragons spinoff show (along with adding in the Haddock children to play the Ort siblings without having to worry about leaving that box blank).

My sister and I used to love watching this old BBC Kids show.

Lauren Slayton= Tom Kullersen

Eno= Thunder

Kit Whitefeather= Jun Wong

Courtney= D'Angelo Baker (because I have Tom as Lauren)

Chris Langhorn= Alexandra 'Alex' Gonzalez

Nelson and Danny Ort= Nuffink and Zephyr Haddock

Dr. Clive Aikens= Dr. Wilma Sledkin

The Diggers= Two of the bully Gembreakers

[deepdreamnights]

Troodonian

They're just visiting the old stomping grounds, pay them no mind.

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[skincareroutine]

what rlly bothers me is that ppl love firefly but not dinosapien where is the outrage. cancelled before its prime

[hellsite-hungergames]

I feel like the only person on the planet who remembers Dinosapien and Shoebox Zoo. BBC, not CBS, but still, those were so fucking good

I've never heard of either of those, but I looked up Dinosapien and it looks like that one show that was called Dino Dan or something like that

[doveofthedawn]

i have to keep reminding myself that DinoSapien actually exists and wasn't just a fever dream i had when i was like 12. That and Animalia. Holy shit the 2000s were weird with the animated series.

[0reoliaflop69]

What on earth did I create

I took a bunch of screenshots of this old show I was watching which was called dinosapiens and converted the screenshots I took into the "woman screaming at cat meme"

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Just some fun thoughts I was having while working today but I'd love to see people's takes on a spec evo setting based on if a specific non-avian dinosaur group survived the KT extinction. How would, for example, pachycephalosaurs have diversified and what niches might they have filled throughout the cenozoic, and what sort of incredibly unique forms might they have taken? In particular any non-theropod group. Show me the diversified post-KT mini sauropods. How do the descendents of ankylosaurs handle the ice age. etc

This is a legitimately interesting question that I think about a lot but the fact that the groups you brought up included ankylosaurs and pachycephalosaurs means that I have to bring up the most cursed tv show of all time

Dinosapien

which featured both continued to evolve Pachycephalosaurs:

and Ankylosaurs

and, while I watched it unironically as a teenager, as an adult - this haunts my nightmares

[gays4vulo]

Rewatching the show Dinosapien & tbh I think it would be so fun to run that kind of silly premise as like maybe monster of the week ttrpg

[hah-studios]

Did anyone else like dinosapiens?

https://linktr.ee/HahStudios

[elysiumcalled]

does anyone else remember the show called Primeval with the dinosaurs bc I feel like nobody else ever does 😢

[thechaosgoblin]

I finally fecking found it! The show that has been living in my head rent free for 14 fecking years! I have been looking for it for the last 5 fecking years, finally, I know it's name once again

It's a fecking stupid show from 2007 about a fecking sapient dinosaur! At a fecking summer camp! And the worst thing about finding it? You see that [ NON-USA FORMAT ]? That means, me, who lives in the USA, has to buy a special DVD player just for this stupid fecking show! And I'll fecking do it! As soon as I have money...

[drekasal]

For the ask game... 20 and 21?

Damn it, Yoru — why you gotta hit me with the hard questions? 🤣

20. Your favorite book?

This honestly changed a lot over the years, but in recent times my favorite has to be His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. I’ll always a enjoy a full on fantasy novel, but I am absolute glutton for historical fiction when it’s done right. In this case, the Napoleonic Wars, but with aviators who ride dragons? Hell fucking yeah, sign me up for that.

That aside, Laurence and Temeraire are right up there with Hiccup and Toothless as one of my absolute favorite dragon rider pairs, and their relationship in the book and throughout the series has definitely found its way into my own writing.

21. Your favorite show?

Ok, so I’m actually gonna have to list these out cause there’s a lot, so bear with me:

Dinosapien (2007) — The first time I watched this was back when I was 10 years old, but it’s simple premise—what if dinosaurs never went extinct—has secured a place in my imagination for years since. The last rerun was back in 2012, but a gracious uploaded the whole series to YouTube, so I’ve been rewatching the whole series for that childhood nostalgia.

The Future is Wild — Referring to both the documentary-style series that aired in 2003, and then the animated version that ran on Discovery Kids alongside Dinosapien in 2007. All three together sparked my love for speculative evolution, and while at this point they’re severely outdated, they continue to inspire me to this day. (Also, I recently discovered that TFIW got a manga as well??? 👀 Gonna have to dig for that)

Teen Titans (2003-2007) — Okay, so this series sparked a LOT of firsts with me. This was what got little baby Drek into the world of DC Comics to begin with, and where he found his first cartoon crush (#RavenSupremacy). Most importantly, however, it was what exposed me to fan culture at large, and led me to want to create my own works within that universe. As such, this series holds a VERY special place in my heart.

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020) — To be perfectly honest, I wasn’t exactly sure about this series at first, and wasn’t intending on watching it until my little brother roped me into it. When he did, though...holy shit, I fell hard. The soundtrack, the setting, the art style, the characters...everything about it was just so FRESH. AND SOMEHOW THEY GOT THREE SEASONS OUT IN ONE YEAR, YET IT’S STILL AMAZING??? If that’s not downright kick-ass inspiring, I don’t know what to tell you.

Gravity Falls (2012–2016) — Two words: Grunkle Stan. That’s it. Which then leads me into...

The Owl House (2020–) — Featuring Grunkle Stan’s soulmate, Eda the Owl Lady, as well as her witch apprentice and surrogate daughter Luz Noceda, who really just speaks to me on so many freaking levels. To be honest, everything about the show does—I am fully well aware that I’m a weirdo, and unfortunately I have also gotten some shit for it when I was younger. I was that kid who stayed by themselves most of the time, lost in their world, and while I was fine with that, I still wished I had people outside my immediately family that I could be weird around. But that was ten years ago—now I’ve finally found my people, and they are every bit the super nerdy weirdos that I am. We hyperfixate together, even if we have different tastes/fandoms, and we always have each other’s back no matter what. They helped me to embrace my weirdness, and I feel The Owl House definitely reflects that part of my life. (The LGBT representation is also a major plus—I adore Lumity with my heart and soul ;;V;;)

Hilda (2018–2021) — This show is like a warm fuzzy blanket, and it makes my inner Scandinavian/Norse mythology heart squeal in delight. (If you haven’t yet, PLEASE GO WATCH IT.)