Big dinosaur wowed females with its ENORMOUS HOOTER

Boffins have discovered a dinosaur with one of the biggest noses ever seen in the animal kingdom, which it was thought to flash around in a bid to impress the ladies. The researchers who found the big-hootered dino decided to call it Rhinorex condrupus, which literally means "King Nose". Terry Gates, a joint post-doctoral …

[Eddy Ito]

“The purpose of such a big nose is still a mystery," Gates said.

"All the better to smell you with my dear."

[Joe User]

Meh

I have co-workers with bigger noses than that....

[CCCP]

Big nose, big h...

It wasn't the NOSE the lady dinosaurs were interested in. Plus ça change...

[Martin Budden]

Re: Big nose, big h...

You know what they say about males with big noses... big handkerchiefs.

[Anonymous Coward]

"Rhinorex" ?

Shouldn't it rather be Nasorex (instead of Greek-Latin mishmash)?

That would also indicate its relation to the nasobames.

Then again, Rhinorex hints at the inclusion in the corresponding order of Rhinogradentia...

G'sundheit!

[John H Woods]

So,

"big nose, big penis?" was something even the dinosaurs thought?

[Captain DaFt]

Re: So,

"big nose, big penis?"

Well... 'Rhinorex condrupus", Rhinorex for 'king nose', but the 'condrupus' sounds like it may have had a 'performance' problem.

[Fungus Bob]

Re: So,

"but the 'condrupus' sounds like it may have had a 'performance' problem."

Not at all. Con means 'not or 'against'', so it would be not-drupus...

[Lars]

The sad truth

I have it from reliable sources that the girls had an ENORMOUS HOOTER too and that the guys hated it and that was the sad end to it. A sad story.

[Fruit and Nutcase]

Cyranosaurus

after Cyrano de Bergerac

[Anonymous Coward]

American slang

Equates hooters with a pair of things well below the nose.

It's also the name of an establishment who's main feature is the enjoyment of said things.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: American slang

And chicken wings. And yes, the chicken wings at Hooter's are actually pretty good!

[Turtle]

Honker, Hooter.

I have never seen anyone use "hooter" for anything other than that except one instance of a girl from Sri Lanka who was not a native speaker, I told her that the proper word would have been "honker". And that would be the proper word here too, according to the meanings of the words as I know them to be used.

[JCitizen]

Dat gun wasn't even loaded!..

HAA-CHA-CHA-CHA-CHAAAA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdYQvMYWP5k

[Mevi]

artist's impression....

....needs more feathers.

[Trevor_Pott]

Re: artist's impression....

Um....I don't think Hadrosaurs had feathers? Fleshy "combs", yes...and possibly even juvenile down. But feathers? I'd love to see a link to hard evidence of this in Hadrosaurs.

[Alister]

Cheeky Man: See, if you hadn't been going on, you'd have heard that, Big-nose.

Big-nose: Hey, if you say that once more, I'll smash your fucking face in.

Cheeky Man: Better keep listening...might be a bit about "Blessed are the big noses."

[AbelSoul]

"Oi! Big Nose!"

"you call me big nose one more time, I'll take you to the f*cking cleaners"

[Keven E.]

Here in Chitowne...

... a hooter is an Owl, famous for large *eyes.

I was thinking it had one large eye. <blank stare>

[DanceMan]

"Rodney Scheetz from the Brigham Young Museum of Paleontology"

Had to double check this wasn't a satire.