Paleontologists in Mongolia announced a fossil find that looks like the creature skipped leg day and went straight to the forearms: a bird-like dinosaur with hands so robust they could probably crack walnuts just by flexing.

The forelimbs show stout bones and knuckles that resemble tiny construction cranes, making every other dinosaur arm look like a wilted noodle in comparison.

Researchers, who agreed to speak only in gym metaphors, say the hands were built for gripping branches and slippery prey, and perhaps even for high-fiving fellow dinosaurs after a successful hunt.

Some interns joked the hands were also designed for preening and flirting with plumage, which explains why every fossil in the new wing wears a mini sweatband in the museum diorama.

In a breezy press briefing, scientists dubbed the specimen Graspisaurus Mongoliae—interns cheered, not because Latin is intimidating, but because it sounds like a dino that could win a push-up contest.

Memes flooded the internet almost faster than the fossil clean-up crew: ‘When you discover flight but your arms have already leveled up to gym ratio’ and ‘Dinosaur refuses to let go of the branch—literally.’

Some paleontologists worry that extraordinarily strong hands could complicate the timeline of flight evolution, since a winged lizard would need something to do with all that grip besides hanging around on trees.

Other scholars proposed that such hands predated flight and were used to grip mates, resist predators, and maybe improvise improvised tools—though no one has yet tried to unscrew a fossil with a knuckle-duster.

Local museums brag that the find will anchor the new ‘Hands of Mongolia’ wing in the hall, complete with an interactive bench-press station where visitors can pretend to lift a fossilized squamata.

Public reactions range from delighted chuckles to exasperated questions about whether dinosaurs had gym memberships, insurance, or allergies to pollen from prehistoric trees.

Scientists insist the hands are real and not a merchandising ploy, though some admit a zany exhibit plausible: a dino doing a pose that looks suspiciously like a T-Rex doing curls with a brontosaurus barbell.

Bottom line: this discovery proves even ancient creatures valued a strong grip, and if there’s a moral, it’s that evolution loves a good flex right before flight—so stay tuned for the next fossil with a built-in set of dumbbells.