Velociraptor had feathers

[mckitterick]

This is too cool. After studying Velociraptor bones, scientists have decided that it seems the good ol' 'Raptor had feathers. Here are the bones:


And here's what they might have looked like with feathers:

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Somehow, I think "Jurassic Park" wouldn't have been as scary with feathered baddies.

Chris

Comments

[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Having them be an accurate 3 ft. tall wasn't in the script, either.

[fortyozspartan.livejournal.com]

I wrote about this in a report I did for an Age of Dinosaurs class during my schooling. Kind of neat to see it confirmed.

[pamelonian.livejournal.com]

They had one of these skeletons at the dinosaur museum in Fruita, Colorado. It looked about the size of a dog. Then I read the part about the feathers. Not so scary, true, but they are called "raptors." I wasn't surprised. There is also a really cool fossilized impression of a feathered dino at the KU Natural History Museum. I am such a dino-geek!

[margaretq.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think it makes them way creepier... Evil birds. nothing scarier.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yep. And their great-etc-grandchildren hop and fly around us all the time.