Fluffy

[poliphilo]

The dinosaurs weren't wiped out by a meteor. Or anything else. Instead they grew wings and flew up out of harm's way.

The fluffy little robin in the holly bush was once a velociraptor.

Maybe that's why I'm so fond of him.

Once it's pointed out, the link is obvious. Birds have a dinosaur attitude. See how the strut!

And the dinosaurs that are being uncovered in China had feathers. They were flightless, but they had feathers. It's not impossible that ALL dinosaurs- or at least all dinosaurs of the raptor kind- had feathers.

Which would mean they were always birds. A bird is not so much a dinosaur that has evolved as a dinosaur is an early kind of bird.

Comments

[jackiejj.livejournal.com]

I love thinking about this!

I seem to have heard about a new dinosaur discovery this week--was it in China? With feathers?

How exciting. I had heard about the bird and dinosaur connection before.

Even if they were flightless (being huge and non-light-boned), maybe the wings helped with balance as they lumbered along.

But if they were in fights (the more predatory versions), wouldn't their wings be torn?

[arielstarshadow.livejournal.com]

I think that it's a certainty that some dinosaurs did evolve into birds, isn't it? Or have I confused fact with fiction? I'm pretty sure I haven't.

We know that there were flying dinosaurs, so it's not at all far-fetched to assume that birds evolved from them. I would imagine that the feathers were an evolutionary response to...well, I could only hazard a guess that it was against increasing cold.

[kaysho.livejournal.com]

Ah, so there really was such a thing as a 500-pound canary ... :)