Took me by surprise. I didn't know that it was a growing theory. I knew that dinosaurs were closely related to birds, but. Cool, man.
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A few jatraqueros attended the flying dinosaurs exhibit last spring at CanadaCon 2.0, and there were lots of flying and otherwise feathered dinosaurs there.
The idea certainly makes them seem a little less.. terrifying.
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Have you ever seen Chicken Run? That was some frightening poultry!
Imagine the scene in Jurassic Park: "Must go faster, must go faster!" "It has feathers, so how bad can it be? I'm not going to speed on this muddy road with a wimpy looking dinosaur behind me." *gets eaten*
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I heard awhile ago that T-rex might've been feathered in the same way that a vulture is -- bare head and neck so the gore didn't get all mucked up in the head feathers.
I imagine it was a pretty ugly looking critter with or without feathers.
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quote: The idea certainly makes them seem a little less.. terrifying.
I actually found their models to be far more terrifying because of the feathers. I expect something that big and freaky to look devoid of all cuddliness; but with those feathers it looked like a giant, demented doll out of a cheap horror flick come true. Dead freaky, I tell you.
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For some reason Bob's comment makes me think of the bird monster from the Luck Child episode of The Storyteller. I think it was supposed to be a griffin, iirc.
"My likes goulash and itch-nitch scritch-scratch!"
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