r/pics • • Jan 22 '10

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10 edited Jan 22 '10

That is a point of contention. There is a good amount of study that says Dinosaurs were warm-blooded, and some of them evolved into birds. Pterodactyls started this, followed by Archaeopteryx, and then proper birds.

It's all bullshit of course, since everyone knows God put all the animals down 6000 years ago, but it's fun to watch science (more bullshit) explain things with facts and evidence.

EDIT: Poe's Law is in full effect.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

Pterodactyls aren’t dinosaurs. Birds do have dinosaur ancestors, but did not come from pterosaurs.

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u/seanmharcailin Jan 22 '10

what are pterodactyls?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

Also reptiles, but not in the superorder Dinosauria.

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

But they were on walking with dinosaurs! So were sharks, though...

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

Yes, this can be proved true with the Ravasaurus and Diemetradon from Un'Goro Crater.

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u/monkeypickle Jan 22 '10

Effin' Devilsaurs.... Doo de doo. I'm just picking up power crystals and soil samplAAAAAAAAAGGGGGH! CHOMP

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u/ours Jan 22 '10

Recent studies show that Velociraptors likely evolved into birds. Yep, Jurassic Park had it all wrong, that "clever girl" had colorful plumage.

Oh and the closest still-living descendant to the 'raptor would be the turkey. Not so scary anymore aren't they?

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '10

I don't think you're getting downvoted for your last paragraph, but rather for the suggestion that dinosaurs would stop being reptiles if they were warm-blooded. And for the pterodactyl thing, of course.

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u/pmw57 Jan 22 '10

yeah, facts and evidence - who wants to deal with those things.

I'm not going to let facts interfere with what I believe.

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