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Popular parenting website Mumsnet might just have witnessed its best post of all time - after a parent detailed their concerns about DINOSAURS.

The extinct mega beasts, widely accepted to have roamed the earth 230 million years ago, were listed as a worry for mothers alongside topics including baby names, weight loss and feeding toddlers.

The news comes hot on the heels of news that dinosaurs including Triceratops grazed on a prehistoric form of the psychedelic drug LSD

Started by user, 'CADministry', the prehistoric problem thread is titled: "I'm getting sick of tired of dinosaurs being forced on our children."

It continues: "I'm really concerned about dinosaurs, and I think something needs to be done. The science behind them is pretty flimsy, and I for one do not want my children being taught lies.

"Did you know that nobody had even heard of dinosaurs before the 1800s, when they were invented by curio-hungry Victorians?"

The eyebrow-raising post claims learning about dinosaurs - extinct for 65 million years according to experts - made a boy "bestially minded" and led to him biting three children.

It ads: "Nothing about dinosaurs is suitable for children, from their total lack of family values through to their non-existence from any serious scientific point of view."

And the poster claims to have presented a 214-name petition to a school asking for dinosaurs to be removed from the curriculum.

The post finishes by pointing readers to a Facebook group: Christians Against Dinosaurs.

Mumsnet - which is said to be "the country's most popular meeting point for parents" - boasts more than 1.5million members and 4.3m monthly unique visitors.

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And the strange claims led to a flurry of replies, with the now closed thread running to 40 pages and 1,000 posts.

Replies from stunned users included 'blondiebonce' who posted: "This is amazing. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN?????"

Another, 'WestEast', said: "You'll be after banning unicorns next."

The original poster then replied: "I used to believe in dinosaurs. We all did. We were all raised on the dinosaur lie, and so we don't question it.

"Consider what we're actually telling our children with these tall tales - stomping about the place, making loads of noise and mess is great and cool, being aggressive, shouting and biting people is to be applauded, being cold-hearted will win you the world for millions of years."

The thread has gone viral online, with hundreds of bemused readers reacting on social media.