Dinosaur Feather Color Discovered 219
anzha writes "Do you remember being a kid and told we'd never know what colors the dinosaurs were? For at least some, that's no longer true. Scientists working in the UK and China have closely examined the fossils of multiple theropods and actually found the colors and patterns that were present in the fossilized proto-feathers. So far, the answer is orange, black and white in banded and other patterns. The work also thoroughly thrashes the idea that fossils might not be feathers, but collagen fibers instead. If this holds up, Birds Are Dinosaurs. Period. And colorful!"
Re:CHICKEN DANCE! (Score:3, Funny)
Would you kill a dinosaur for your shotgun?
Re:So everything really (Score:5, Funny)
tastes like dinosaurs?
My wife gets the kids dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets at the warehouse club. I've always thought that particularly poetic.
That thing doesn't look so scary (Score:4, Funny)
I remember being told ... (Score:5, Funny)
Do you remember being a kid and told we'd never know what colors the dinosaurs were?
I remember being told that we could in theory breed dinosaurs in test tubes by extracting blood from mosquitoes preserved in amber ...
And the story continues... (Score:2, Funny)
very heavy feathers (Score:3, Funny)
The work also thoroughly thrashes the idea that fossils might not be feathers, but collagen fibers instead.
ah, no. Fossils are not feathers. Ever. In any way, shape or form. However, these fossils might be of feathers.
Re:Dinosaurs are green, doggone it! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Birds are dinosaurs. (Score:3, Funny)
Though I'll admit I'm biased, since that connection means my bird watching is a little less nerdy since it's actually dinosaur watching!
In Jurassic period Soviet Union, dinosaur watches you!
Re:Summary hilariously wrong (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yea right (Score:3, Funny)
Judging by the size of the clod that dropped from the sky onto my car this morning, I'm sure it came from a dinosaur.
Re:Birds are dinosaurs. (Score:4, Funny)
A gentleman doesn't kiss and tell. And I'm not sure, but I think that applies to wild furniture-breaking monkey sex too. So I won't say!
Re:Yea right (Score:5, Funny)
Lunchtime doubly so.
Re:Summary hilariously wrong (Score:5, Funny)
Confuciusornis say, man who guess dinosaur feather color knows dinosaurs ex-tint.
Re:Yea right (Score:5, Funny)
Apparently, there [b]are[/b] also a lot of people out there that can't keep their grammar straight when pointing out spelling mistakes.
Apparently, there are also a lot of people out there that don't know how to use HTML tags properly.
Ginger Dinosaurs? (Score:1, Funny)
Is that why they went extinct?
Re:CHICKEN DANCE! (Score:5, Funny)
You seem to be the dinosaur here.
Re:Summary hilariously wrong (Score:3, Funny)
Ah ha! Now we know for sure which dinosaur got the worm.
OK, I think I'm done now.
Re:That thing doesn't look so scary (Score:1, Funny)
Either way, he should have a cameo in the fourth movie as raptor chow.