Its obvious that Chomper got lucky with the gang in terms of making leaf eater friends. If it wasn't for our dear egg-stealer friends, Chomper wouldn't know them.

That begs the question, how did Chomper manage to meet Ruby, and moreover, Ruby's family? Speaking the herbivorous language might help, but I saw raised on another topic the possibility that it was Ruby herself who taught him to speak this language, meaning that Chomper met her before the events of LBT 5. If that's the case, how, when, and why was she not with him in said movie?
Talk about behind the scenes...
Any thoughts?

OK, OK, so we've all heard it. Jurassic Park IV, having been stuck in development hell for years, has frequently fallen victim to many release rumours, each more ridiculous than the last.

But, this time, I think its genuine!!!!  
According to various sources, Jurassic Park IV will be released in June 2014. Although a cast and plot is still under development, a director has been confirmed: Colin Trevorrow.

In addition, paleontological adviser Jack Horner has stated that, along with the T.rex and Velociraptors, a new sinister extinct foe will be introduced, confirmed to terrorised, one that will apparently make you want to sleep with the light on.
But he hasn't told us what...

So, I'm going to offer my thoughts and hope you'll do the same!
Deinocheirus is what I really want to see. A mysterious, possibly horrifying dinosaur with enormous arms and claws. And of course, with little known about it, the film makers can do whatever they want with it! For more on Deinocheirus click here.

Give me your thoughts people!!  

Hi, I've just found this thread and I like it...

So, go ahead, ask me anything!

The animals on the LBT world are emphatically divided into mere untalking animals into sapient anthropomorphic species who act like humans. Most types of animals in the LBT world fit neatly into one or the other category.

Mammals are a slightly trickier one though - some of the first mammals to appear on the series - Tickles and his fellows on 4 - seemed unable to speak like the main characters, but did, nevertheless, understand what they were saying.

This changed on the TV series. In the episode 'Stranger From the Mysterious Above,' the roles seemed to have changed. The mammals on this episode could speak, whereas Spike couldn't (or rather, didn't) suggesting that they may have a language unbeknownst to leaf-eating dinosaurs, rather like sharpteeth do.

However, then there was Skip from 'Return to Hanging Rock,' who could speak fluent leaf-eater language. Whether this is a general thing for mammals of his kind, or whether he just learnt it from being a nomad for so long, it still isn't clear.

So, over to you, what do you think? Mammals seem sapient like the dinosaurs, and if so, what is their view on them? Considering how they're quite often overshadowed, there may be a bit of displeasure here...

I for one find the idea of mammals being antagonists of LBT quite appealing. Though they lack the brawn to be obvious threats like powerful sharpteeth, they do have their resourcefulness and intelligence on their sides, proving a problem for our heroes in much darker ways.

OK, I love fanart.
It is honestly one of my favourite things, but it would be slightly more useful if I could draw it... :

Many of you have now probably seen my fanfic, Venatione Venatus. I was wondering if any of you would like to do some art for it. I've already asked around, but there's either been no reply, or indecision.

I feel really bad trying to force this on you guys, but I'd just thought I'd make this public, and see if anything comes of it.

So, yeah...

Hi guys. Here is my first attempt at LBT fanfiction. I hope you enjoy it...

Prologue

There is no greater myth than the stillness of the night.
Under the shimmering gaze of the Great Night Circle, the quiet atmosphere was split in two by the racket of a monumental battle.
As the loud bellows, roars and thuds could be heard issuing from deep within a small forest upon a hill, trees were sent toppling like twigs, and small animals flew or scurried away in fright. Among these in this hurried exodus was young Twoclaw (tyrannosaurid) Sharptooth, her iconic silhouette burned against the night sky.
The young predator paused in her escape, turning her gaze back towards the ferocious fight, her emerald green eyes glistening with wonder and fear. She couldn’t stay long, however, which she knew – especially with the rockslide making its way down the hill…
She turned tail and continued to flee, but soon found herself getting gathered up by these the descending rocks, tumbling head-over-heels down the steep tor, before she was flung clean out of the way…
As the titanic battle continued, a young cyan bladeback was seen hurriedly skidding down the fallen rocks. He swept his amber eyes over the scene of post-disaster, until he saw a figure he recognised – a snow-white young female twoclaw, whose body was adorned with elegant black stripes, was laying several metres away.
He hurried over to her and nudged her roughly with his snout.
“C’mon, Saureen,” he said. “We’ve gotta move!”
Saureen gave a soft moan as she feebly attempted to stagger to her feet.
“Seizon…” she murmured. “I don’t think I can…” she swayed slightly on the spot.
Seizon grabbed her.
“You’ve got to,” he said, shortly. “We can’t stay here. We’re heading west.”
These words were a slight surprise to Saureen. She fixed Seizon with a penetrating emerald stare.
“Why west?”
Seizon narrowed his eyes.
“Because,” he replied. “That’s what I’ve been told. Now, we need to hurry, because-”
That was as far as he got, when a blizzard of gravel and stones hammered the ground in front of them. An animal had just landed on top of the rockslide. A massive, angry animal, which let out a gargantuan bellow…
Grabbing the younger sharptooth firmly by the arm, Seizon fled, and with the stomping that he heard in his wake, the creature was undoubtedly following. He continued to half-drag Saureen off into the night, until he noticed a massive fissure in the ground just ahead of him. Just what he needed…
Taking a calculated risk, he sprinted towards the edge of the fissure before leaping with all his strength.
Whilst suspended in mid-air, he flung Saureen’s limp but conscious form away from him, hoping their momentum would take her to the other side. He was lucky – Saureen’s zebra-patterned body hit the other side of the fissure and rolled away from the precipice. Now all he had to do was focus on getting himself there too…
It was fortunate for him that bladebacks were blessed with long arms. Clinging onto the edge of ground with his fore-claws he was able to haul himself up.
“Hey, Saureen,” he said, nudging her again. “You OK?”
Saureen slowly raised her head off the ground. She gave an affirmative nod, but then her eyes widened as she looked past Seizon’s shoulder.
On the other side of the fissure, the animal pursuing them stood still. Although the two young sharpteeth could only see the silhouette, they could tell exactly what it was. If the evil yellow glint of its eyes didn’t confirm it, its tall frame and menacingly spiky body was enough…
“Did you ever believe the legends?” Saureen whispered. Seizon gave an uncomfortable twitch. No, he had never believed, not since he was a hatchling. Those sorts of scare stories, he thought, were sure to have been made up – but now, the physical evidence was right before his eyes.
“The longneck with a sting in its tail,” Saureen murmured. “A huge flattooth with spikes covering every part of its body…”
“I know the story,” Seizon interrupted. “And I can see this beast for myself…” He turned to his companion.
“Gawping at this thing is not going to do anything for us,” he said. “We need to move.”
“What about our families?” Saureen demanded.
Seizon hesitated. That was a tricky one…
“If I know your dad,” he said, “Then it’ll take more than a spiky longneck to finish him off. I’m sure he’s just lying unconscious somewhere…”
Saureen twitched slightly and this tactless remark, but didn’t breach the subject.
“OK,” she continued. “And what about Xal?”
Seizon gave a short snicker.
“Oh, he’ll be absolutely fine…don’t worry.”
The young bladeback began to walk away. Saureen followed him.
“What about our families?” Seizon remarked. “We’ve got each other, haven’t we?”
“We’re not related,” Saureen said shortly. “We’re different species…”
“So what?” Seizon replied, smiling at her a little. “We’ve lived together for as long as we can remember. You’re like a little sister to me.”
Saureen rolled her eyes, but smiled back.
“OK,” she said. “Now let’s just get moving.”
And so the two of them began their perilous journey west…watched, as they did so, by the longneck stranded on the other side of the chasm. Although he couldn’t understand the sharptooth language, he could see where they were headed, and he knew exactly what they’d find if they headed west…
The longneck turned away from the chasm and hurried off.

OK, so its not very long, but hey, its a prologue.  
I hope you enjoyed it, and I also hope this is the correct procedure in posting fanfiction on this forum, otherwise I've made a really bad screw-up...
I'm looking forward to hearing your feedback. Although I am slightly sensitive to criticism, I am happy to hear any advice any of you have on improving this story, though remember, its still in its early stages. The plot hasn't taken off yet!
Oh, and if anyone is interested in doing fanart for this, then please do! I will look forward to it!  
   

OK, because I'm new, again, I don't know if this has been approached before.
Either way! Here goes...

Speciesism is the racism of the LBT world. And, it has been a subconsious theme running through most of the movies, if not all of them, most prominentley on the first.

Racism in the LBT world is now almost synonymous with the character of Topsy, which is pretty unfair. Certainly, he's a racist character, but he has become more tolerant with time. And considering Topsy's given a whole heck of hate, all the other speciesist/racist characters in the series are largely overlooked. I don't think that's fair.

Take Old One's herd for example: On the fourth film, they point-blank ignore every other species of dinosaur that has come to greet them except for their own, and make it very clear that only longnecks should be allowed to accompany them when they leave. It may not sound too bad, but if you think about it, if the Great Valley were to change as dramatically as the Land of Mists had, what would Old One have done with all the species of dinosaurs living their that weren't longnecks? I wouldn't put it past her to simply leave them to die. And being a segregated herd is not merely a by-product of being far-walkers, considering the mixed herd that arrived at the Great Valley at the beginning of the seventh film.

This goes completley without mentioning Ali's reaction. Unlike Cera's previous attitude to other species, it wasn't an aloof, snooty sort of thing, but it was actually genuine fear. Fear of what exactly? Fear of other species because of what she's been told about them? Fear of what her elders might do to her if they had learned she had been interacting with other species? Either one is possible, and if so, it is an almost Nazi-like stance.

Sure, Topsy's beliefs rubbed off on Cera, there's no doubt about that. But as far as we can infer, Topsy didn't force these beliefs on her, otherwise Cera would have been an extremely meek and mild character, very different from the head-strong threehorn we all know and some of us love. I'm sure that Cera adopted these beliefs because her father did, not because he brainwashed her.

So, anyway, give me your thoughts, not just on what I've said about Old One's herd, but about speciesism in general.

Hi guys, I'm new on this site. My name's Toby, I'm 15 and, seemingly like many people on here, I have Asperger's Syndrome.
What can I say, but I love LBT! Even though I'm from the UK and getting LBT material is hard to come by, I can still get my hands on some of it.  
So, I'm looking forward to getting to know you all, and thanks to FlipperBoidSkua who introduced me to this site!