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[Heroman]

Are they? I thought birds were dinosaurs.

Crocodiles are not dinosaurs they are
closely related to them and all birds are dinosaurs.

 

[brandonh83]

All dinosaurs except the ones in Jurassic World

It's a movie with genetically created dinosaurs. So yeah kind of a difference there

 

[TheRealTalker]

Yeah right. Where you there?

Spoiler

#TeamFathers

I love my Father too

 

[SteveWinwood]

It's a movie with genetically created dinosaurs. So yeah kind of a difference there

all dinosaurs were genetically created

 

[Cow Mengde]

I'd say INGEN engineers the dinosaurs to fit popular customer perceptions of dinosaurs., regardless of their natural traits. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they hand wave it away with a sentence or two.

The much maligned Telltale Jurassic Park game did something similar, IIRC.

The only dinosaur in the Jurassic Park franchise is now the movies themselves, and not the animals.

 

[adj_noun]

I love my Father too

Science has just found that your father has feathers.

 

[JoeFu]

#teamfeathers

 

[jerry1594]

This is some bullshit buried in the ground by lucifer

 

[valeo]

Nah, that's a bad way to think of it.

Birds are dinosaurs specialized for flight. Unfortunately, flying is really heavy, so evolution made some sacrifices.

Cool dinosaur skulls and big teeth were foregone for light beaks. Thick bones become hollow. Tails had to go, too.

Birds are really just super light dinosaurs.

 

[Deified Data]

Run.

Run very fast.

Running won't help.

 

[BouncyFrag]

Jurassic Park amcry.

 

[Zamorro]

Jurassic Park, in hindsight:

 

[Diprosalic]

╔═════════════════ ೋღ☃ღೋ ════════════════╗
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Repost this if ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ you are a beautiful strong dino ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ who don’t need no feathers ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~
╚═════════════════ ೋღ☃ღೋ ════════════════╝

 

[EmCeeGramr]

This isn't the first ornithischian found with some kind of integument. Psittocosaurus had tufts of "bristles" on its lower back, pterosaurs (which weren't dinosaurs) had pycnofibers that shared structural similarities with simple early feathers, and IIRC genetic evidence shows that modern crocodilians have the same gene for coding feathers that's present in birds, implying that the entire archosaurian line was capable of evolving them.

Also, one minor nitpick: one feathered group of theropods were therizinosaurs, and they were almost definitely not carnivores.

 

[there]

evolution debunked. wake up, darwin.

!

 

[Mistel]

Crocodiles are dinosaurs and they don't have feathers. Theory debunk'd.

They're not dinosaurs at all, they evolved separate to them from crocodylomorpha. As far as I understand it.

 

[brandonh83]

all dinosaurs were genetically created

By theme park scientists?

 

[Halo 2]

Lets be real, this would be awesome.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Also, one minor nitpick: one feathered group of theropods were therizinosaurs, and they were probably not carnivores.

Ornithomimids and Caenagnathoidea also had feathers and they probably weren't carnivores either.

 

[Amir0x]

since i don't think feathers devalue a dinosaurs badassness, thumbs up if true.

 

[Quadraphonic]

I'd say INGEN engineers the dinosaurs to fit popular customer perceptions of dinosaurs., regardless of their natural traits. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they hand wave it away with a sentence or two.

The much maligned Telltale Jurassic Park game did something similar, IIRC.

The accepted catch-all explanation is that the frog DNA used to replace the missing gaps accounts for their lack of feathers and other appearance anomalies.

 

[John Dunbar]

science has gone too far. too far i tell you.

 

[Cow Mengde]

BTW, did anyone post the news about the tyrannosaur tracks that were announced yesterday that provides a little more evidence of tyrannosaurids traveled in packs?

Tracks of 3 tyrannosaurids traveling together.

 

[brandonh83]

The accepted catch-all explanation is that the frog DNA used to replace the missing gaps accounts for their lack of feathers and other appearance anomalies.

All of this is very obvious; Jurassic Park/World dinosaurs aren't dinosaurs that stepped out of a time machine. I would expect a documentary to present them as more up to date with the current facts.

 

[TitusGroan]

Fuck the haters, team feathers 4 life. Anyone who thinks feathers make things less scary, look up some of the giant ass fucking predatory birds we used to have roaming around. Like Chocobos, but with the taste for blood.

Shit will give you the willies something fierce.

 

[Leynos]

Don't we have multiple examples of fossilized dinosaur skin impressions?

Why, yes, we do.

Some dinosaurs might have had feathers, but not all.

Spoiler

Feathers might be reality, but I still find feathered dinosaurs kind of silly.

 

[strikeselect]

why we still got birds

 

[FZZ]

Dinosaurs being hyper giga chickens is so bad ass.

Fuck the haters. I like feathers.

 

[SteveWinwood]

By theme park scientists?

well you didnt say that

 

[2San]

 

[lastplayed]

Nah, that's a bad way to think of it.

Birds are dinosaurs specialized for flight. Unfortunately, flying is really heavy, so evolution made some sacrifices.

Cool dinosaur skulls and big teeth were foregone for light beaks. Thick bones become hollow. Tails had to go, too.

Birds are really just super light dinosaurs.

It's like they didn't even realise they changed. Carnivors and herbivors still had big-ass dinosaur fights.

 

[demon]

This is terrible news.

 

[Septimus Prime]

It's like they didn't even realise they changed. Carnivors and herbivors still had big-ass dinosaur fights.

For scale, the ostrich-like ones (the Muu) are 8-10 feet tall, and the flying one is Haast's Eagle, one of the largest flying birds ever discovered.

 

[brandonh83]

well you didnt say that

...I suppose that's true

 

[Toxi]

Don't we have multiple examples of fossilized dinosaur skin impressions?

Why, yes, we do.

Some dinosaurs might have had feathers, but not all.

Spoiler

Feathers might be reality, but I still find feathered dinosaurs kind of silly.

Birds have scales on parts of their bodies.

Some dinosaurs definitely had feathers. Some dinosaurs probably didn't.

 

[GameAddict411]

so they're basically saying that every dinosaur is just a giant chicken?

 

[adj_noun]

so they're basically saying that every dinosaur is just a giant chicken?

.

 

[televator]

Awwww yiss! Motha fucken feathers. I love the salty tears of the featherless camp.

 

[gazele]

Crocodiles are dinosaurs and they don't have feathers. Theory debunk'd.

lol wut

I'm guessing sarcasm

Anyway, this is just a big conspiracy to market jurassic park

Spoiler

really wish we could really know what they looked like in the wild, would be pretty cool

 

[kswiston]

I feel like this is the biggest shit throwing party in the archaeology field. Wasn't there a report this year completely debunking the feathered dinosaur 'discovery'?

You can't debunk feathered dinosaurs. We have dozens of these. It's pretty clear they had feathers.

 

[Dragonborn]

I'm a fan of feathered dinosaurs so that's pretty great news. I find the concept of giant birds a lot more intimidating than giant lizards.

 

[jmdajr]

Well what can you do. Too bad they can't bring em back.

 

[Edwardo]

A world with giant chickens everywhere O_O

 

[RandyBobandy]

I will never accept this

 

[WorldStar]

does this mean all dinosaurs can fly

 

[adj_noun]

does this mean all dinosaurs can fly

Yes.

 

[kswiston]

does this mean all dinosaurs can fly

Can Ostriches fly?

 

[linkboy]

Anyone who says feathered dinosarus are stupid, hasn't seen of these bastards in action

That's basically a dinosaur, and a pissed off one at that.

 

[DragonSworne]

Can Ostriches fly?

They choose not to.

 

[Graphics Horse]

I think feathers or proto-feathers could be as widespread as hair on mammals, but there are some hairless or very lightly haired mammals.