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"Dinosaur Feathers Discovered in Canadian Amber"
On 9/15/2011 at 9:21:43 PM, IKK_Viper started the thread:
Some very cool stuff....
Msg #1: On 9/15/2011 at 9:22:43 PM, IKK_Viper replied, saying:
wth? fixed?
Msg #2: On 9/15/2011 at 9:23:17 PM, IKK_Viper replied, saying:
Hmmm....
Msg #3: On 9/15/2011 at 9:24:39 PM, IKK_Viper replied, saying:
Click here again... My bad fellas...
Msg #4: On 9/15/2011 at 9:43:25 PM, Maester replied, saying:
Beautiful to see. Sad, though, I doubt we'll find out who's feathers that belongs to.
Msg #5: On 9/15/2011 at 10:04:51 PM, Trainwreck replied, saying:
Amazing!
Msg #6: On 9/15/2011 at 10:09:10 PM, Ostromite replied, saying:
Too bad Monkipzzle isn't here to see this :(
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Msg #7: On 9/16/2011 at 7:39:13 AM, Compy01 replied, saying:
same website
http://io9.com/5836597/gorgeous-jurassic-park-mondo-poster-spared-no-expense
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Msg #8: On 9/16/2011 at 7:50:55 AM, Ostromite replied, saying:
I fucking NEED that poster.
Msg #9: On 9/16/2011 at 6:00:45 PM, The Crow replied, saying:
I think this is fantastic news. Never in my life did I think we'd actually SEE something outwardly physical come from a dinosaur. I'm mind-boggled about this.
Msg #10: On 9/16/2011 at 8:02:16 PM, Trainwreck replied to Msg #7, saying:
I really love the Alamo Drafthouse. By far the best movie theater chain EVER.
Msg #11: On 9/16/2011 at 8:29:20 PM, QuickComment replied to Msg #6, saying:
Some evil scientists melting plastic and pidgins no doubt.
The problem with the thing is that the link for whatever reason had font coding embedded in the url.
Msg #12: On 9/17/2011 at 7:19:51 PM, Varan101 replied, saying:
This is blasphemy. Satan created this evil thing of science to confuse us and lead us from God.
Msg #13: On 9/18/2011 at 12:36:42 AM, Raptor Vinny replied, saying:
Msg #14: On 6/18/2015 at 12:29:47 AM, Trainwreck replied, saying:
I just watched a short clip of an interview with Jack Horner. He suggested that the JW dinos have feathers, but like a limp dick, he conceded to Spielberg when he insisted that nobody could possibly be scared by a feathered dinosaur. REALLY?!
I know this is a dead issue, but if any of you fucksticks still make this argument, look at the following images and tell me they aren't more terrifying and more spectacular than the animals from 1993:
Dinosaurs had feathers, deal with it.
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Msg #15: On 6/18/2015 at 1:09:38 AM, Ostromite replied to Msg #14, saying:
The only reason people would think dinosaurs are scarier without feathers is that they look more reptilian, and people are afraid of reptiles. If I've said it once, I've said it a thousand times, but doing anything that's contrary to known science in order to make the dinosaurs appear more reptilian goes against the entire point of Jurassic Park.
I actually think the feathers look fucking badass and scary as hell. Cassowaries are basically de-clawed velociraptors with battering rams on their heads and they're one of the scariest goddamn animals around. I read a paleontologist's reaction to the Jurassic World trailer a while ago, though, and she's probably right in guessing that one of the real reasons to not put feathers on them in the movie is that feathers are really hard to animate.
Msg #16: On 6/18/2015 at 1:48:11 AM, elementry replied, saying:
I don't doubt that there were feathered dinosaurs, but what would a Rex gain by evolving feathers? That's a massive animal and isn't even evolutionary close to being able to fly.
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Msg #17: On 6/18/2015 at 3:00:25 AM, Ostromite replied to Msg #16, saying:
Lots of animals have feathers that can't fly.
Msg #18: On 6/18/2015 at 3:07:27 AM, Narrator replied, saying:
I think dinosaurs with feathers are way scarier than dnio's without
Without they look reptilian, yeah, but they look like something that's not all that strange. With feathers they look uncanny and terrifying.
Msg #19: On 6/18/2015 at 9:20:36 PM, Velociraptor87 replied, saying:
This is probably why some people find feathers less than intimidating.
Granted, I don't think this is accurate. But it does highlight a problem I kinda have with the JP dinosaurs, t rex in particular. In the movies, their skin around their nose and eyes looks sunken in and emaciated - it gives them a very skeletal (and kinda demonic, monstrous) appearance, whereas i think rounding out their shape and giving them some fat is a bit more realistic.
Msg #20: On 6/19/2015 at 4:01:20 AM, Narrator replied, saying:
A 6 foot turkey would be terrifying
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Msg #21: On 6/21/2015 at 11:14:00 PM, Velociraptor87 replied to Msg #20, saying:
Terrifyingly cute!
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Msg #22: On 6/22/2015 at 4:08:58 AM, Narrator replied to Msg #21, saying:
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Msg #23: On 6/22/2015 at 5:36:14 AM, Ostromite replied to Msg #22, saying:
You might want to delete that. You can get banned for posting a picture of your dick.
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Msg #24: On 6/22/2015 at 8:50:13 AM, Narrator replied to Msg #23, saying:
It wasn't a problem last time
Msg #25: On 6/22/2015 at 10:51:15 AM, Compy01 replied, saying:
It must get so annoying being a paleontologist, and having to explain why it's not possible to create a real life Jurassic Park to the media every time they discover well preserved dinosaur specimens.
Msg #26: On 11/4/2015 at 11:54:35 AM, Ostromite replied, saying:
Ornithomimus covered in feathers
The story is cool, especially since I think the ornithomimosaurs are a fascinating and under-appreciated group of dinosaurs, but it's just one more undeniable fact of how dinosaurs really looked that makes the new Jurassic World series look so fake and shitty.
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