Dinosaurs With Feathers
By peavey
@peavey (16936)
United States
May 11, 2016 2:08pm CST
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has an article about how scientists are beginning more and more to think that many more dinosaurs than we have believed up to now, had feathers. Not just the Archaeopteryx and such, but Tyrannosaurus rex and the velociraptors.
Can you imagine a 12 foot tall bird with claws and knife like teeth? There's a book out called "A Field Guide to Mesozoic Birds and other Winged Dinosaurs" which I want to read! It all sounds fascinating.
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@CrazyAnimaLady (279)
• United States
11 May 16
There's art renderings of what the dinosaurs would look like with feathers and it's really amazing. You should check them out.
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@CrazyAnimaLady (279)
• United States
11 May 16
@peavey Yes. Like both bites hurt.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
12 May 16
@CrazyAnimaLady 
I think size matters, though! The leg bones, short front limbs, beak like mouths and all - there are a lot off similarities
I think size matters, though! The leg bones, short front limbs, beak like mouths and all - there are a lot off similarities
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Jul 16
oh my aren't you clever. guess back then they just got them on their caves and heads. lol
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Jul 16
that is very interesting. can't imagine
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@albto_568 (1268)
• Costa Rica
12 May 16
It always makes me think of all those old movies, in which dinosaurs were always depicted as slow, clumsy beasts, nowadays, it is known they were much more inteligent and complex than people used to think. I've seen photos of reconstructions of feathered dinosaurs, they were just amazing.
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
16 May 16
It would make for a difficult pet, especially picking up the feathers after it as I imagine they would be quite big. 
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@RichardMeister (5328)
• Otis Orchards, Washington
11 May 16
Seems like every day they are discovering something new about the past.
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
14 May 16
Ever since the movie, Jurassic Park, came out, I've learned more and more that dinosaurs were more related to birds than any other. And yes, that surprised me. But it's all beginning to make sense now.
