we know that birds of many groups have the evolutionary potential to become big, flightless forms of this sort, so,...
we know that birds of many groups have the evolutionary potential to become big, flightless forms of this sort, so, for as long are birds are around, it’s almost as if the world could once again become the domain of dinosaurs of a sort mostly associated with the Mesozoic. Not sauropod- or tyrannosaur-mimics, but of fuzzy, beaked theropods much like those that first appeared more than 100 million years ago.
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/boulay-and-steyer-demain-les-animaux-du-futur
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/boulay-and-steyer-demain-les-animaux-du-futur
I love terror birds and I cannot lie.
ReplyDelete"Not.. tyrannosaur-mimics, but... fuzzy, beaked theropods..."
ReplyDeleteOh, so exactly like tyrannosaurs, then.
tyrannosaurs had beaks?
ReplyDeleteI was being a little snarky, but the babies probably did (to help break out of their shells). The adults might have had a bit of a beaky process. Jury's still out on whether the adults had feathers, last I checked.
ReplyDeleteYeah, fuzzy feathers on adult T-Rexes could go either way. Draw with or without, shouldn't be controversial.
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