Pet Dinosaur?

[SpittersForEver]

I would have herrasaurus because they're not too big and are predatory 

Maybe "not too big" by theropod standards, but grizzly bear-sized is pretty big by modern standards (See page 2: http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/dinoappendix/HoltzappendixWinter2011.pdf ).

I thought they were black bear sized but nonetheless I'd charge people money to see him, buy a huge house with a 4 acre garden and he could live there.   

[Hynerpeton]

Dimetrodon as my guard dog.

[fabricious]

The first choice that comes to my mind is a big, beefy Pachyrhinosaurus male, but since they most likely lived in herds, this would not make for an appropriate pet. Other than that, small dromaeosaurids might be nice.

[Hynerpeton]

Also a tiny Raptor.

[Quen]

I would have a small sauropod like amargasaurus or europasaurus. Maybe something fluffy and house-pet sized, too. If I got a much, much larger property, I'd get a large sauropod (or more than one), a styracosaurus, and a miragaia, but it'd be more of a zoo-like setting. Oh, and I'd get a moa, too!

[alexeratops]

I think a little fuzzy sordes would be nice.

[Manatee]

A fluffy Beipiaosaurus or mini-Yutyrannus like someone said earlier would be nice.

[triceratops83]

I live out in the country, so I'd splurge and get a smallish Hadrosaur. There's lots of woodland and patches of rainforest around here I could walk it to every day, and cow paddocks surround my yard, so she could hang with and boss around the cows. I'd also have small Ceratopsians running around in the house. Oh, and any theropod small enough to catch rats.

[stargatedalek]

something fairly small, probably a dodo or a small moa (no particular moa species comes to mind but I seem to recall some being significantly smaller than others)

[Concavenator]

Microraptor or Anchiornis.Velociraptor has cuteness on its side,but a Protoceratops wasn't that much smaller than a human,and look at how this little creature can kill a big Protoceratops:
velociraptor vs protoceratops fossil
It'd be dangerous.

[triceratops83]

Microraptor or Anchiornis.Velociraptor has cuteness on its side,but a Protoceratops wasn't that much smaller than a human,and look at how this little creature can kill a big Protoceratops:
velociraptor vs protoceratops fossil
It'd be dangerous.

People always blame the Velociraptor. I dunno, Protoceratops seems like it could've been a grumpy little bugger, I say he started it!

[stargatedalek]

protoceratops most likely would have been an ecological equivalent of a boar, so it is possible that protoceratops could have been attacking velociraptor as a show of force, or perhaps threatening its young
however, its fairly widely accepted that dromaeosaurs were well built to tackle animals relatively their own size, so while either one could have been the aggressor the general assumption is still velociraptor

[triceratops83]

Velociraptor - "That is slander, good sir! That Proto fellow is a ruffian!"

[Concavenator]

One thing I'd like to know is if all dromaeosaurs had the same behaviour.For example,I'd go hug a Microraptor or Archaeopteryx,but I wouldn't hug a Deinonychus.

[DinoLord]

One thing I'd like to know is if all dromaeosaurs had the same behaviour.

Very unlikely. Even very closely related extant animals can display very different behaviors - just look at the behavioral differences between the  lion and the tiger (both genus Panthera).

[Ridureyu]

Velicoraptors were turkey-sized, feathery, and likely made "Wark!" noises.

I want one as a pet.

I would name him Squishy, and he would be the best pet ever.

[tyrantqueen]

Velicoraptors were turkey-sized, feathery, and likely made "Wark!" noises.

I want one as a pet.

I would name him Squishy, and he would be the best pet ever.

Or how about "kweh" noises

[HD-man]

Velicoraptors were turkey-sized, feathery, and likely made "Wark!" noises.

What was the point of repeating your previous post almost exactly? In any case, my response to said post works just as well here (if not more so).

[goodlife18]

If I could, I would like to have a Pachyrhinosaurus and Achelousaurus. It would be nice to see how 2 almost similar looking ceratopsians would react if they saw each other. And maybe throw in an Einiosaurus.  I have always found these 3 ceratopsians to be quite interesting.

I would also like to have an Ankylosaurid or Nodosaurid, due to my fascination with armored dinosaurs. 

[alexeratops]

Now that I think about it some more, I've changed my mind. I would want a Therizinosaurus, looking like this:


Dat tail do...