Oh, scientists. You discover an entirely new species of dinosaur on a quarry dig, and then you come up with a name for it that non-scientist people use to insult hefty folk with. I mean sure, you use the fancy Latin Brontomerus mcintoshi, but Thunder Thighs is the sort of thing people remember.

I mean, the intention here is to be descriptive – apparently Low Self Esteem Dinosaurs had exceptionally strong legs, being able to deliver vicious kicks to rivals or attackers; whether or not they could also kick their hurt feelings after being mocked by Deinonychus is unclear.

Says the BBC:

‘“If predators came after it, it would have been able to boot them out of the way,” said Dr Mike Taylor, from University College London, UK.The team has named its dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi – from the Greek “bronto”, meaning “thunder”; and “merós”, meaning “thigh”.

The fossilised bones of two specimens – an adult and a juvenile – have been dated to be about 110 million years old.'”

Expect a Thunder Thighs action figure in your toy-stores soon.

[Source: BBC]