Microraptor was iridescent

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Microraptor was iridescent
Topic Started: Mar 8 2012, 07:15 PM (486 Views)
Flishstar	Mar 8 2012, 07:15 PM Post #1
Adult Posts: 689 Group: Members Member #166 Joined: Apr 25, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American Favorite Quote: Life is a crystal. -Ian Malcom	http://www.amnh.org/news/2012/03/new-finding-dinosaurs-feathers-were-black-with-iridescent-sheen/ So many black dinos...



Russwallac	Mar 8 2012, 08:21 PM Post #2
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,896 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Kinda like this, then?



Flishstar	Mar 8 2012, 08:23 PM Post #3
Adult Posts: 689 Group: Members Member #166 Joined: Apr 25, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American Favorite Quote: Life is a crystal. -Ian Malcom	Minus the crest, apperantly.



Zoroaster	Mar 8 2012, 10:15 PM Post #4
Spry Fundiment Posts: 1,481 Group: Members Member #430 Joined: Nov 12, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Antipodean Antideluvian Neanderthal Bolshevik - speccer formerly known as Magoo	why post some globby Spore creation when there's a perfectly magnificent reconstruction on the page with the article? Spoiler: click to toggle



Russwallac	Mar 8 2012, 10:18 PM Post #5
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,896 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Quote: why post some globby Spore creation when there's a perfectly magnificent reconstruction on the page with the article? globby Spore creation globby Spore creation globby Spore creation I WILL DESTROY YOU.



Flisch	Mar 8 2012, 10:32 PM Post #6
Prime Specimen Posts: 1,104 Group: Members Member #3 Joined: May 28, 2008 Gender: Male	You know, when I was a kid I mourned the fact that we will never know how prehistorc animals are coloured. And now we know how at least some are coloured. I'm overflowing with joy.



Fakey	Mar 8 2012, 10:33 PM Post #7
An unreasonable man. Post Rank: What The? Posts: 5,412 Group: Members Member #149 Joined: Mar 12, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: Murrca. Favorite Quote: “I have no fear of losing my life; if I have to save a koala or a crocodile or a kangaroo or a snake, mate, I will save it.” -Steve Irwin	I agree with Magoo. You know how they have that hadrosaur mummy? I want them to figure out the color of that one next. Edited by Fakey, Mar 8 2012, 10:35 PM.



Exogenesis	Mar 8 2012, 11:39 PM Post #8
Newborn Posts: 70 Group: Members Member #284 Joined: Mar 17, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Future Evolution Nationality: U.S.	Fakey Mar 8 2012, 10:33 PM I agree with Magoo. You know how they have that hadrosaur mummy? I want them to figure out the color of that one next. Agreed, I hope the colors of pterosaur pycnofibres and Psittacosaurus quills are found too!



colddigger	Mar 9 2012, 03:39 AM Post #9
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,108 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	hadrosaur mummy??? ;-; the world changed so much last I blinked....



Russwallac	Mar 9 2012, 08:45 AM Post #10
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,896 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	Changed? We've had Leonardo for a long time, Cold...



T.Neo	Mar 9 2012, 02:53 PM Post #11
Translunar injection: TLI Posts: 5,180 Group: Global Mods Member #179 Joined: Jun 7, 2009	Quote: why post some globby Spore creation when there's a perfectly magnificent reconstruction on the page with the article? That's a reconstruction of microraptor? Nonsense. That's not a dinosaur, it's a reconstruction of some bird. Dinosaurs didn't look like that, they were scaly reptiles.



Russwallac	Mar 9 2012, 03:07 PM Post #12
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,896 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	The one issue that I have with the "official" reconstruction is that the neck is too short and the tail is too thin.



FallingWhale	Mar 9 2012, 04:04 PM Post #13
Adult Posts: 791 Group: Members Member #457 Joined: Dec 24, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: USA Favorite Quote: I have second thoughts. Maybe God is malicious.- Albert Einstein	Russwallac Mar 9 2012, 03:07 PM The one issue that I have with the "official" reconstruction is that the neck is too short and the tail is too thin. No.



trex841	Mar 9 2012, 04:19 PM Post #14
Superhuman Posts: 3,518 Group: Members Member #533 Joined: Mar 28, 2011 Gender: Male Favorite Quote: "unnecessary is the best kind of necessary" Me	FallingWhale Mar 9 2012, 04:04 PM Russwallac Mar 9 2012, 03:07 PM The one issue that I have with the "official" reconstruction is that the neck is too short and the tail is too thin. No. ... ... ... ... ... ...and?



FallingWhale	Mar 9 2012, 04:35 PM Post #15
Adult Posts: 791 Group: Members Member #457 Joined: Dec 24, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: USA Favorite Quote: I have second thoughts. Maybe God is malicious.- Albert Einstein	Neither of those things are true and it can be shown in a moment. It needed nothing more.



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