Here’s some tips for my fellow noobs!
You will encounter these guys. It’s impossible to not see them at least once in the few days after you start the game. If you’re like me and want to avoid them, listen. I mean literally. They make a sort of chittering noise, very different from dodos. Listening to the world around me has saved my butt too many times.
If you want to fight one, wait until you have an axe and have upped your health and damage some. They’re easy kills if you sprint at em from behind and spam the axe. If you see them flash their frill, get to the side. When they flash the frill it means they’re going to spit.
Similar strategy for taming, but instead of an axe use a club. Toss some raw meat into their inventory and keep some narco berries on hand juuuust in case. They tame very quick.
At high levels they are amazing defenders and distractors, though I’d use carbonemys for distracting. They’re also very moveable thanks to their size.

Whenever you Team Them they really listen to you

If you guys are a new player that spawns in a beach, try to avoid these guys as much as possible, and try to get a spear first if you want to challenge one.

these guys are pretty easy to kill when you get some metal gear.

First one I tamed was quickly mauled to death by a giant sloth R.I.P. Ugly

They usually spawn where dodos and carbonemys do.

Ever get hit by Dilophosaurus spit? Easy fix. Simple way to avoid getting poisoned is by moving left to right. Not too much, not too little. Not too fast, not too slow. If that doesn’t work, simply run in circles while facing the dilo.

If these were more realistic they would literally just be a faster carno

How to Dodge their Spits : walk like a Crab(Sideways) and when it almost Spits go to the Opposite direction

I would only attack one. More than one Dilo in the early game is dangerous, but it could be a good start Dino other than the Dodo. I find them on the beach.

My friend is terrified of them. I kill them for fun.