David Icke

The families in positions of great financial power obsessively interbreed with each other. But I'm not talking about one Earth race, Jewish or non-Jewish. I'm talking about a genetic network that operates through all races, this bloodline being a fusion of human and reptilian genes.

English Footballer

Matt Taibbi

Sarah Palin is a symbol of everything that is wrong with the modern United States. As a representative of our political system, she's a new low in reptilian villainy, the ultimate cynical masterwork of puppeteers like Karl Rove.

American Author

Julian Sands

If you watch Olivier's interviews, he has this reptilian tongue; it seems too big for his mouth. My pursuit of that became distracting, so I let it go. The thrill was finding the right pair of glasses.

British Actor

Gaspar Noe

Before being a person, man is an animal, with all its reptilian compulsions. And if at some point you block the conscious part of the mind, you've got all the reptilian compulsions that come out.

Argentinian Director

Bobcat Goldthwait

I'm making movies about people as flawed as myself and the viewers. So if you just have a reptilian brain and live your life simply by reacting to things, my movies aren't going to work for you.

American Comedian

Sam Fender

I don't trust songs that can be played at a kid's party and a club at the same time. I just don't think it's right. There's something reptilian about that.

English Musician

Linda Ronstadt

I didn't love Jim Morrison. There was something very reptilian about him. And I didn't care for his singing, but his band! The Doors were fantastic.

American Musician

Iain Banks

Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.

Scottish Writer

A group of reptilian humanoids, called the Babylonian Brotherhood, control humanity.

Bradley Whitford

Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

American Actor

Used in biology, describes characteristics of reptiles and their kin.

Zoological Term

Avoid using 'reptilian' for humans, unless in fictional contexts where humans have reptilian traits.

Not for People

'Reptilian' can express negative feelings about someone's behavior or character.

Negative Connotation

Speaks metaphorically about behavior, not to state someone is an actual reptile.

Figurative Use

It's generally not used as a compliment, so be cautious in social situations.

Not for Compliments

Refers to an ancient part of the human brain, not a literal trait of reptiles.

Psychological Concept

Highlights basic, instinctual, and sometimes unconscious human behavior.

Primitive Responses

Implies intense emotions are overriding more rational, thoughtful processes.

Emotionally Charged

 It's way below your cognitive thinking process. It's below your emotions. It's part of what we call the reptilian core of the brain, associated with wanting, with motivation, with focus and with craving. In fact, the same brain region where we found activity becomes active also when you feel the rush of cocaine.

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 she waddles in a lizard-like posture, her limbs moving horizontally to her spine. The platypus has many quirks. As a monotreme, she's part of the most ancient lineage of mammals alive today. Consequently, she has a curious mix of mammalian, avian, and reptilian features,

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 may have even had both reptilian and avian traits many ancient birds would also exhibit this mishmash of traits but eventually some of these avian dinosaurs evolved to have more recognizably bird-like characteristics one example is

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 What would they need in order to grow on the surface? They'd need, first of all, to have a thick skin to protect themselves from losing water through the skin. So they would have to have something like a reptilian skin.

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 and inspects them, one by one. Her monstrous jaws spell doom for her prey, but a comfy nursery for her babies, as she ferries them to the river. They're like the minivans of the reptilian world.

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 and pterosaurs ruled the sky, sea monsters called ichthyosaurs dominated the world's oceans. Ichthyosaurs were ancient reptilian predators. They first appeared about 251 million years ago

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 the leopard seal is three meters long it's almost got a reptilian appearance with its quite sinister smile it's difficult to know what the reaction