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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Looks like a Rat bird hybrid. I agree with eddie's conclusion.
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Dinosaurs were/are birds man. You have to accept it.
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Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on August 28, 2017, 12:39:14 AM
Dinosaurs were/are birds man. You have to accept it.

I think that's well accepted now.  But dinosaurs being the ancestors of birds is very different from T Rex looking like a feather duster.  We do have some examples of their skin being preserved - and while some had a few feathers, not all did.

I took the kids to the Royal Tyrrell Museum this summer.  They had a fabulous ankylosaur-type they had found up in the oil sands.  Although he was missing his hind legs he was otherwise perfectly preserved - skin and other tissue included.  And he had no feathers.
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Right now I'd settle for Timmay catching a pigeon in the face.

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A German nurse who is serving a life sentence already for attempted murder and two cases of murder is now suspect in at least 84 more cases and is likely the worst postwar serial killer here. They assume more cases but those victims were cremated so they can't prove it anymore. He apparently did it to resuscitate the patients and be seen as hero... except it often did not work out.

Tonitrus

Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 28, 2017, 11:05:44 AM
Right now I'd settle for Timmay catching a pigeon in the face.

How about a NK Su-7?  :P

Valmy

Quote from: Barrister on August 28, 2017, 11:01:16 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 28, 2017, 12:39:14 AM
Dinosaurs were/are birds man. You have to accept it.

I think that's well accepted now.  But dinosaurs being the ancestors of birds is very different from T Rex looking like a feather duster.  We do have some examples of their skin being preserved - and while some had a few feathers, not all did.

I took the kids to the Royal Tyrrell Museum this summer.  They had a fabulous ankylosaur-type they had found up in the oil sands.  Although he was missing his hind legs he was otherwise perfectly preserved - skin and other tissue included.  And he had no feathers.

I thought that was a Nodosaurus? Yeah my kids thought was amazing.

However, theropods were/are especially bird-like.
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Barrister

Quote from: Valmy on August 28, 2017, 04:55:38 PM
Quote from: Barrister on August 28, 2017, 11:01:16 AM
Quote from: Valmy on August 28, 2017, 12:39:14 AM
Dinosaurs were/are birds man. You have to accept it.

I think that's well accepted now.  But dinosaurs being the ancestors of birds is very different from T Rex looking like a feather duster.  We do have some examples of their skin being preserved - and while some had a few feathers, not all did.

I took the kids to the Royal Tyrrell Museum this summer.  They had a fabulous ankylosaur-type they had found up in the oil sands.  Although he was missing his hind legs he was otherwise perfectly preserved - skin and other tissue included.  And he had no feathers.

I thought that was a Nodosaurus? Yeah my kids thought was amazing.

However, theropods were/are especially bird-like.

I couldn't remember it's name, but it looks like Nodosaurus is right (though it is also an ankylosaurian).  It was pretty cool to see in person.

If your kids love dinosaurs they should come up to Drumheller.  It's this smallish town about an hour outside of Calgary, but because it's in the middle of some of the best dinosaur bone grounds anywhere in the world there is this amazing world-class museum. :)
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Ed Anger

Quote from: Zanza on August 28, 2017, 12:31:48 PM
A German nurse who is serving a life sentence already for attempted murder and two cases of murder is now suspect in at least 84 more cases and is likely the worst postwar serial killer here. They assume more cases but those victims were cremated so they can't prove it anymore. He apparently did it to resuscitate the patients and be seen as hero... except it often did not work out.

I think Law and Order: SVU used something like that in one of the earlier episodes.
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