Poor Image: Slurpasaur

At first glance, it resembles a large rock.

Only when I looked closely that I could tell that it's the supposed dinosaur.

The eyes are the most visible, but even then, a quick glance at the picture and you'd be wondering where's the dinosaur.

Perhaps a coloured version of the picture, as it being in black and white makes it harder to see?

edited 14th Jan '13 3:04:50 AM by KarjamP

Yeah, if we're gonna stick with that pic we definitely need to find it colorized. A completely new pic where the "monster" is more evident would work even better.

We may need to replace the one on the italian version of the article as well.

edited 14th Jan '13 3:58:25 AM by KarjamP

Few random GIS hits: [1], [2], [3]◊, [4] (down a little).

These are still B&W, but most examples are going to be — this is a trope that was most used before movies were in color.

However:

• From ''TheLostWorld'' (1925)◊ yer basic iguana-with-a-fin...

• 1 Million B.C. (1940 version)◊ Iguana as dinosaur

• ''TheLostWorld'', 1960 version)◊ Monitor lizard with fin and horns.

• The Lost World (1960) again◊, Iguana or monitor lizard with horns but no fin.

• and 1 Million BC, (1960 version)◊ Sea turtle with a paint job and a little beak.

edited 14th Jan '13 5:53:56 AM by Madrugada

I like the third one.

I'd prefer one with some "normal sized" people, trees, object or animals for size comparison so that we can tell they're supposed to be "Terrible Lizards".

5.5 A seaturtle? Heheheh, shame they didn't glue something on to it'd fit the trope.

"It says here they eat grass."

"That's for hors d'oeuvres, sir."

EDIT: So much for my naturalist intelligence, 5.5 still has my vote.

edited 17th Jan '13 4:11:23 AM by justanid

^ They did glue something on. They gave him a bit of a nose job. And painted him. See the difference in the beak?◊

edited 16th Jan '13 10:05:49 AM by Madrugada

4.3 and 5.3 - 5.5 all get a from me.

edited 16th Jan '13 1:41:42 PM by Willbyr

I guess 5.3 looks the best for me, now that I've noticed that the rocks it's standing on seem to imply the lizard's size.

edited 17th Jan '13 8:41:38 AM by KarjamP

I like one of them with humans in them.

Yeah, I like 5.5 (the last suggestion, in that post). It maybe doesn't show "glue on a few cardboard fins and horns" as obviously as some of the others, but it does show ordinary reptile as giant monster very well, and that is just as important as the "added fins" detail.

edited 17th Jan '13 1:30:30 PM by rodneyAnonymous

Little known fact: Dinosaurs look just like giant turtles.

Looks good.

Bump; any other thoughts?

5.5 for me.

That image and caption are good for me.

I like the caption too. It and the pic are up, potholed, and tagged; I'll start an Image Links page shortly. Locking up.