The smallest little creature

It's not like they couldn't go down hatchet style, it's just that it has been overemphasized as a hunting method while it's just not a particularly reliable or efficient one, and also quite risky in a dynamic context.

Cursoriality differs between species, it's plausible that some could've been pursuit hunters afaik.
As for the hunting method, peck and pull is pretty consistent with their anatomy, they probably tore apart their prey like giant petrels or condors do, but much more effectively.

The sickle claw in cariamiforms has been known for quite some time, you could see paleoart representing it in terror birds well before the more recent tracks studies. But yeah I meant it more like: it's a milquetoast representation for its time, not really compensating the overall narrative.

Also pickaxe hunting meme + small prey trope + lack of sickle claw iirc, not much to write home about for 2023 terror birds representation.

Rightfully so, because the whole "dynastic succession" narrative pushed by the show undermines the rest. In context the "formidable" representation of Phorusrhacos was just another piece of that narration style, immediately discarded as the next big dynasty had to enter the scene.

I do understand people keeping Twitter for work-related reasons, but I feel like most just don't really care about the switch. I'm not judging btw, good for them, I'm just personally disappointed as I honestly despised my experience there and couldn't wait to get off.

Especially because in other spaces it's pretty lively here. It's odd how the science sphere, one of the most politicized ones, seems to hardly care.

I'm guessing the same!

We'll have to take what we can get, I guess...

Iirc they still heavily insist on the big cats outcompeting them, despite showing Titanis...