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We actually know (or at least make an informed guess at) the coloration of some feathered dinosaurs! While the pigment molecules in feathers aren't preserved in fossils, the actual color more depends on the shape and distribution of the pigment-bearing melanosomes, and those can be recorded in certain fossils. Microraptor, for example, seems to have been an iridescent black like a crow, while Anchiornis had a reddish crest on its head. Sinosauropteryx had bands of white and reddish-brown on its tail and a "racoon mask" pattern around its eyes!
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BigBadSteve posted:Ooooh, big birds that can't fly, real fuckin' scary. Beware the Turkeysaurus. Elephants are big bats that can't fly, when you think about it. Still wouldn't wanna tangle with one.
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Hyzenth1ay posted:This is probably a dumb question but why did the big tyrannosaurus have vestigial arms? What evolutionary advantage is it to be unable to claw or balance or climb? Could they right themselves if toppled? Real answer: T rex needed to keep its center of gravity right above its legs to be properly balanced and not faceplant with every step. Its tail counterbalanced the front half, and it sacrificed arm mass to make greater allowance for a bigger and heavier skull for biting stuff. Joke answer: So it could become King of the dinosaurs through the power of NoFap
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Salt Fish posted:Here's a cool dinosaur fact. Due to the rotational speed of the milky way, dinosaurs actually lived on the opposite side of the galaxy. Here's a cooler dinosaur fact: they still do 
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redshirt posted:Dino has gone Woke! Gotta love it when literal dinosaurs aren't conservative enough for modern chuds.
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Funky See Funky Do posted:They had shark bars in dinosaur times. Shark bars are older than tree bars
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