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Hedgehog Dinosaur Extinction Reenactment

This is a screenshot of a viral Tumblr thread, topped with a photo of a small real baby hedgehog playfully tackling a toy brontosaurus dinosaur. Below the photo, three Tumblr users comment in sequence: the original poster (asliceofmysoul) captions the image as a reenactment of how dinosaurs became extinct, a second user named brontozaurus confirms the explanation is 100% accurate, and a third user jokes that they love the 'science side of tumblr'. The joke plays on the popular Tumblr trope of the 'science side of tumblr' making absurd but playfully confident explanations for scientific events, resulting in a wholesome, funny meme.
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Reenactment of how the dinosaurs became extinct.

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Yes this is 100% accurate.
Wow I love the science side of tumblr

Overview

This is a screenshot of a viral Tumblr thread, topped with a photo of a small real baby hedgehog playfully tackling a toy brontosaurus dinosaur. Below the photo, three Tumblr users comment in sequence: the original poster (asliceofmysoul) captions the image as a reenactment of how dinosaurs became extinct, a second user named brontozaurus confirms the explanation is 100% accurate, and a third user jokes that they love the 'science side of tumblr'. The joke plays on the popular Tumblr trope of the 'science side of tumblr' making absurd but playfully confident explanations for scientific events, resulting in a wholesome, funny meme.

Origin notes

The original content of this meme is a thread posted on Tumblr by user asliceofmysoul. This specific screenshot was later reposted to X.com (formerly Twitter) by the WholesomeMeme account, as noted in the provided source information. The meme has circulated widely across social media as a popular example of classic wholesome Tumblr humor.

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