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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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 Posted - 03/19/2008 : 07:35:48
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I found this over at the National Geographic site. Lot's of cool adaptations on these animals. Unfortunately, I couldn't figure out how to import a picture. Just follow the link and have fun...
Take a Closer Look at Bizarre Dinosaurs
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 03/19/2008 : 07:54:12 [Permalink]
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Amazing, weren't they? Thanks!
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/19/2008 : 13:10:46 [Permalink]
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| Wow. I didn't know the Velociraptor was feathered. So much for watching Hollywood pictures... |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 16:41:10 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Wow. I didn't know the Velociraptor was feathered. So much for watching Hollywood pictures...
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Look closely at this artist's conception of Microraptor gui, especially the hind feet....
You will note that it has the over-sized, turned-back, toe & ripping claw that is a trademark of the carnivorous dromaosaurs, including Velociraptor. This M. gui fellow is so transitional that it probably has an evolutionary bus-transfer stub in it's pocketbook.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 03/19/2008 : 22:34:17 [Permalink]
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Love that bunch of critters! The two that especially amazed me were the raptor type with the protruding front teeth, and the stegasaur type with the shoulder spikes.
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the_ignored
SFN Addict
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Posted - 03/20/2008 : 03:34:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Wow. I didn't know the Velociraptor was feathered. So much for watching Hollywood pictures...
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How do they know that the Velociraptor was feathered? I'm too lazy to google it.  I see that they found evidence that "Sinosauropteryx" had feathers at least.
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>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
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> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
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> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.
What brought that on? this. Original posting here.
Another example of this guy's lunacy here. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
14408 Posts |
 Posted - 03/20/2008 : 04:42:23 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by the_ignored
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Wow. I didn't know the Velociraptor was feathered. So much for watching Hollywood pictures...
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How do they know that the Velociraptor was feathered? I'm too lazy to google it. I see that they found evidence that "Sinosauropteryx" had feathers at least.
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Well, it's true that Jurassic Park failed to show them, but then, they misrepresented it's size as well. It started as an extrepolation from it's known to be feathered ancestors, and then just recently, direct evidence was found.Feathers
Fossils of dromaeosaurids more primitive than Velociraptor are known to have had feathers covering their bodies, and fully-developed, feathered wings.[26] The fact that the ancestors of Velociraptor were feathered and possibly capable of flight long suggested to paleontologists that Velociraptor bore feathers as well, since even flightless birds today retain most of their feathers.
In September 2007, researchers found evidence of quill knobs on the forearm of a Velociraptor found in Mongolia.[7] These bumps on bird wing bones show where feathers anchor, and their presence on Velociraptor indicate it too had feathers. According to paleontologist Alan Turner,
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Another interesting find around the time of the movie was Utahraptor, which was large enough to be more in line with the story.
Edit: Clever ploy, Doc. I only just now caught it.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 03/20/2008 : 08:47:07 [Permalink]
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You know, it's really too bad that so few of these animals are what popular culture thinks dinosaurs were. Tyrannosaurus, and a few large herbivores, and Pteranodons (not dinosaurs) are the most recognized by school children and their parents.
There is just so much here, and fossils being what they are, probably so much more.
Oh well…
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