Jurassic Park... It's here!

[viper37]

Hey, they don't even need to suck the blood out of a mosquito and use frog DNA now
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First Dinosaur Tail Found Preserved in Amber.  To scientists' delight, the incredible appendage from 99 million years ago is covered in feathers.

The tail of a 99-million-year-old dinosaur, including bones, soft tissue, and even feathers, has been found preserved in amber, according to a report published today in the journal Current Biology.  While individual dinosaur-era feathers have been found in amber, and evidence for feathered dinosaurs is captured in fossil impressions, this is the first time that scientists are able to clearly associate well-preserved feathers with a dinosaur, and in turn gain a better understanding of the evolution and structure of dinosaur feathers.
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[Valmy]

Already mentioned in the Off Topic Topic

So I will just repeat that birds are dinosaurs.

[jimmy olsen]

Awesome find! 

[viper37]

So I will just repeat that birds are dinosaurs.

Just like we are monkeys.

[Valmy]

So I will just repeat that birds are dinosaurs.

Just like we are monkeys.

Just like we and monkeys are primates. Dinosaurs are not a species.

[Eddie Teach]

Already mentioned in the Off Topic Topic

In the "Jurassic Park" movie franchise, scientists extract dinosaur DNA from blood found inside insects preserved in amber.
McKellar said that soft tissue and decayed blood from the tail were found in the amber but no genetic material was preserved.
"Unfortunately, the Jurassic Park answer is still a 'no' -- this is firmly in the realm of science fiction," he said.

[Valmy]

I meant that article was already posted not that we were soon going to have large feathered animals walking around.



'I am an uncontrollable force of nature and humans will be DOOMED if they try to contain me'

[Eddie Teach]

I was correcting Viper, not you.

[Grinning_Colossus]

I wonder what it tastes like.

[Vricklund]

Chicken obviously. 

[Valmy]

I was correcting Viper, not you.

Ah. You can see why I might be confused