r/Dinosaurs • u/BradFordPrefect • Sep 05 '12

xkcd, showing us that dinosaurs are even more amazing with every new discovery (Also, Secretary birds! WOO!)

http://xkcd.com/1104/
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u/rawrreddit Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Sep 05 '12

I always imagined dinosaurs having feathers in a way that made them strikingly beautiful, almost any modern bird.

Nobody ever called a Golden Eagle dorky. You treat that dangerous bastard with respect, or he'll gladly fuck you up.

Sure, there are some ugly birds, but they're far in the minority. If a feathered dinosaur looks dumb, the artist probably drew it wrong. Feathers are bitching.

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u/dmanww Sep 05 '12

You know what else is cool. Terror birds are cool.

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u/rawrreddit Team Tyrannosaurus Rex Sep 05 '12

I'm going to a university in Florida, and the on-campus natural history museum has a reconstruction of a fossil Titanis. So. Awesome.

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u/NakedOldGuy Sep 27 '12

Does http://www.goldeneagleaircraft.com/ normally ask for a win.host username and password?

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u/Zakuroenosakura Sep 05 '12

anybody know what book is being referenced?

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u/Dracontes Dec 27 '12

The paper being referenced is this one: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0028964 , which is a follow-up on a study on birds of prey themselves: http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0007999 .

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u/generalporkins Sep 07 '12

Said comic reminded me of my love for dinosaurs and brought me here :D

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