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My issues with the T rex skin study; WARNING: you have entered rant zone
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Nov 1 2017, 11:27 AM
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Honestly - I have no problem with sub-adult or Adult T-rex having mostly scaly skin.
T.rex is known to have lived in a warm environment (which very rarely saw cool temps) - much like Florida today. Also Adult T,rex is a huge animal - as large as a very large bull Elephant(7-8 metric tons). Being completely covered in feathers would have made so An Adult T,rex would likely over heat. So an adult T. rex without feathers is kind of like an adult elephant without hair. It is something which may be basically useless.
Still it is possible that as Adult, T.rex(and other tyrannosaurs) may have had feathers in a few well placed spots(back of the neck, on the arms, on the tai)l - especially during mating season. Only to lose them once mating season was over. As a small juvenile(first few years) - small downy feathers would make sense for helping to keep the juveniles warm at night.
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Honestly - I have no problem with sub-adult or Adult T-rex having mostly scaly skin.
T.rex is known to have lived in a warm environment (which very rarely saw cool temps) - much like Florida today. Also Adult T,rex is a huge animal - as large as a very large bull Elephant(7-8 metric tons). Being completely covered in feathers would have made so An Adult T,rex would likely over heat. So an adult T. rex without feathers is kind of like an adult elephant without hair. It is something which may be basically useless.
Still it is possible that as Adult, T.rex(and other tyrannosaurs) may have had feathers in a few well placed spots(back of the neck, on the arms, on the tai)l - especially during mating season. Only to lose them once mating season was over. As a small juvenile(first few years) - small downy feathers would make sense for helping to keep the juveniles warm at night. ah yes, lets compare it's thermoregulatory functions to an elephant, you know, an animal that totally doesn't live in a way hotter environment and totally doesen't have an entirely different way of cooling itself off. and let's forget that T rex's environment was definitely not a forest, but a giant savannah-like an elephant.
You have the right to your opinion, but I always see this argument but you're just comparing apples to oranges at this point. someone really needs to remove this post, because we're going nowhere. Arguing about dinosaur integument is about as important as arguing about politics, completely pointless.
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ah yes, lets compare it's thermoregulatory functions to an elephant, you know, an animal that totally doesn't live in a way hotter environment and totally doesen't have an entirely different way of cooling itself off. and let's forget that T rex's environment was definitely not a forest, but a giant savannah-like an elephant.
Forgetting your obvious sarcasm, elephants are not exclusive of a specific environment, they live in different places from forest areas, islands, marshes coasts and even deserts, they can live in any tropical and subtropical climates.
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You have the right to your opinion, but I always see this argument but you're just comparing apples to oranges at this point.
Why exactly? elephants are the only animals of the same size as a Tyrannosaurus alive, so they are the best comparison, they only thing that people have not agreed with the analogy is that the plumage does not work in the same way as the mammal coat, although Theropods as tyrannosaurs and ancestors presented a less complex form of tegument, being only filament like in structure.
You never show something to refute the analogy so you can't just tell us that is like comparing apples to oranges.
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someone really needs to remove this post, because we're going nowhere.
I must say that it is rather you are not going anywhere, like in most of the post. If you're wondering why lowry called your opinion ego-inflated is probably because of this, most of the arguments have been more about whether you accept the assumptions or not, only you, the rest of the discussion and points of people feels like are taken aside and the goal of this topic is that people agree with your opinion, and if not then delete the posts.
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and may I also bring up that Lepidosaurs or Crocodiles are not even Ornithodirans to start with? their scales are ancestral to them, whereas fuzz was ancestral to Ornithodirans. Ornithodirans MAY have been ancestrally fuzzy, but we still have no conclusive evidence to show that this was definitely the case. And yes, lepidosaurs and crocodiles are not ornithodirans but so what? The fact still remains that scales on dinosaurs did exist and this fact is not changed by the fact that fuzz existed on a number of them as well, nor would this change if it turned out fuzz was ancestral to dinosaurs or to ornithodirans in general. What point is it you are trying to make here exactly?
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Y'know, this all has me wondering. Exactly how far back does soft feather/hair like integument go in tetrapods?
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Well, the dinosaur/pterosaur floof is either two or three independent cases (Ornithischia, somewhere in Theropoda, Pterosauria), or ancestral to Ornithodira, while hair goes back to... something. We know something in the Permian had hair, thanks to a croprolite, off the top of my head, but no idea where on the synapsid branch it falls. Apparently there's something in the pipeline that's gonna clear stuff up.
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Well, the dinosaur/pterosaur floof is either two or three independent cases (Ornithischia, somewhere in Theropoda, Pterosauria), or ancestral to Ornithodira, while hair goes back to... something. We know something in the Permian had hair, thanks to a croprolite, off the top of my head, but no idea where on the synapsid branch it falls. Apparently there's something in the pipeline that's gonna clear stuff up. Speaking of integument, something else came to mind. I know this seems kinda off topic and a very "me"-ish thing to ask, but can setae in arthropods function like hair/feathers/pycnofybers?
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This is the Speculative Evolution forum, not the Dinosaurs Were All Scaly/Fuzzy Circlejerk Argument forum. Keep your fucking opinions to yourself - most people really don't care about whether you think rexy was Scaly or fuzzy. You are all entitled to your opinions, but for fuck's sake, don't make a rant topic just to shove your opinions of dinosaur integument to the rest of us.
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丅口 乃乇 下卂工尺, 丫口凵 卄卂リ乇 丅口 卄卂リ乇 卂 リ乇尺丫 卄工厶卄 工㔿 丅口 凵𠘨刀乇尺丂丅卂𠘨刀 尺工匚长 卂𠘨刀 从口尺丅丫. 丅卄乇 卄凵从口凵尺 工丂 乇乂丅尺乇从乇乚丫 丂凵乃丅乚乇, 卂𠘨刀 山工丅卄口凵丅 卂 丂口乚工刀 厶尺卂丂尸 口下 丅卄乇口尺乇丅工匚卂乚 尸卄丫丂工匚丂 从口丂丅 口下 丅卄乇 丁口长乇丂 山工乚乚 厶口 口リ乇尺 卂 丅丫尸工匚卂乚 リ工乇山乇尺’丂 卄乇卂刀. 丅卄乇尺乇’丂 卂乚丂口 尺工匚长’丂 𠘨工卄工乚工丂丅工匚 口凵丅乚口口长, 山卄工匚卄 工丂 刀乇下丅乚丫 山口リ乇𠘨 工𠘨丅口 卄工丂 匚卄卂尺卂匚丅乇尺工丂卂丅工口𠘨- 卄工丂 尸乇尺丂口𠘨卂乚 尸卄工乚口丂口尸卄丫 刀尺卂山丂 卄乇卂リ工乚丫 下尺口从 𠘨卂尺口刀𠘨卂丫卂 リ口乚丫卂 乚工丅乇尺卂丅凵尺乇, 下口尺 工𠘨丂丅卂𠘨匚乇. 丅卄乇 下卂𠘨丂 凵𠘨刀乇尺丂丅卂𠘨刀 丅卄工丂 丂丅凵下下; 丅卄乇丫 卄卂リ乇 丅卄乇 工𠘨丅乇乚乚乇匚丅凵卂乚 匚卂尸卂匚工丅丫 丅口 丅尺凵乚丫 卂尸尸尺乇匚工卂丅乇 丅卄乇 刀乇尸丅卄丂 口下 丅卄乇丂乇 丁口长乇丂, 丅口 尺乇卂乚工丂乇 丅卄卂丅 丅卄乇丫’尺乇 𠘨口丅 丁凵丂丅 下凵𠘨𠘨丫- 丅卄乇丫 丂卂丫 丂口从乇丅卄工𠘨厶 刀乇乇尸 卂乃口凵丅 乚工下乇. 卂丂 卂 匚口𠘨丂乇㔿凵乇𠘨匚乇 尸乇口尸乚乇 山卄口 刀工丂乚工长乇 尺工匚长 & 从口尺丅丫 丅尺凵乚丫 卂尺乇 工刀工口丅丂- 口下 匚口凵尺丂乇 丅卄乇丫 山口凵乚刀𠘨’丅 卂尸尸尺乇匚工卂丅乇, 下口尺 工𠘨丂丅卂𠘨匚乇, 丅卄乇 卄凵从口凵尺 工𠘨 尺工匚长’丂 乇乂工丂丅乇𠘨丅工卂乚 匚卂丅匚卄尸卄尺卂丂乇 “山凵乃乃卂 乚凵乃乃卂 刀凵乃 刀凵乃,” 山卄工匚卄 工丅丂乇乚下 工丂 卂 匚尺丫尸丅工匚 尺乇下乇尺乇𠘨匚乇 丅口 丅凵尺厶乇𠘨乇リ’丂 尺凵丂丂工卂𠘨 乇尸工匚 下卂丅卄乇尺丂 卂𠘨刀 丂口𠘨丂. 工’从 丂从工尺长工𠘨厶 尺工厶卄丅 𠘨口山 丁凵丂丅 工从卂厶工𠘨工𠘨厶 口𠘨乇 口下 丅卄口丂乇 卂刀刀乚乇尸卂丅乇刀 丂工从尸乚乇丅口𠘨丂 丂匚尺卂丅匚卄工𠘨厶 丅卄乇工尺 卄乇卂刀丂 工𠘨 匚口𠘨下凵丂工口𠘨 卂丂 刀卂𠘨 卄卂尺从口𠘨’丂 厶乇𠘨工凵丂 山工丅 凵𠘨下口乚刀丂 工丅丂乇乚下 口𠘨 丅卄乇工尺 丅乇乚乇リ工丂工口𠘨 丂匚尺乇乇𠘨丂. 山卄卂丅 下口口乚丂.. 卄口山 工 尸工丅丫 丅卄乇从.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:15 PM
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totally not British, b-baka!
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Me  Forum user Uncanny Gemstar drew what is supposed to be a me. Thanks! Spoiler: click to toggle As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them. What, you want me to tell you what these mean? Predenterra The (Lost) Lost World The Standing World Read First Clarifications on my sex and genderSorry if I come off as rude, I don't put much thought into word choice sometimes. I'm also super prone to editing my posts, sometimes multiple times, in the minutes following posting. For the love of god, take my posts from my earlier days on the forum with a grain of salt. I was not particularly knowledgeable or mature back then. Some of them are so cringe-worthy I can't even bring myself to look at them. Words Maybe Great Words - Words To Spec By
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Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
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When I first saw that picture, I thought you were dissecting a condom.
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Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
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But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
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Nov 1 2017, 10:20 PM
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Little appears to be a voice of reason as of now, as she often is. It would be advisable to comply.
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Projects Punga: A terraformed world with no vertebrates Last one crawling: The last arthropod
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"Considering the lifespans of modern non- insect arthropods (decade-old old millipedes, 50 year old tarantulas, 100+ year old lobsters) I wouldn't be surprised if Arthropleura had a lifespan exceeding that of a large testudine"-HangingTheif
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Nov 1 2017, 10:37 PM
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The inherent issue is that Zorc said the same thing over twelve hours ago. We shouldn't need to re-iterate it.
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totally not British, b-baka!
You like me (Unlike) I don't even really like this song that much but the title is pretty relatable sometimes, I guess.
Me  Forum user Uncanny Gemstar drew what is supposed to be a me. Thanks! Spoiler: click to toggle As they walk in, they're greeted by a small, poorly kept pathway leading to a poorly constructed Japanese-style gate. Behind this, a small field made up of corn, rice, wheat, potatoes, among other plants is contrasted by large piles of books, as well as a few rather out of place looking laptops. Off in the corner, a small woman, with long, striped, and strikingly colorful socks, no shoes, unremarkable denim shorts, a large, fancy black coat, arm warmers, glasses, a tuque, and somewhat unkempt, mid-length blue-and-pink-streaked red hair, is rummaging through a trash bin, located behind a sign saying "employees only". She continues this for a while (walking behind a wall to change her outfit now and then), until one of her visitors coughs. Startled, she looks up, apologizes, and grabs a handful of textbooks and novels before daintily running off to join them. What, you want me to tell you what these mean? Predenterra The (Lost) Lost World The Standing World Read First Clarifications on my sex and genderSorry if I come off as rude, I don't put much thought into word choice sometimes. I'm also super prone to editing my posts, sometimes multiple times, in the minutes following posting. For the love of god, take my posts from my earlier days on the forum with a grain of salt. I was not particularly knowledgeable or mature back then. Some of them are so cringe-worthy I can't even bring myself to look at them. Words Maybe Great Words - Words To Spec By
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It would have to be something extremely alien, pushing the limits of our imagination. But those are always my favorite kinds of life. ~~The Words of The Xenologist
- Words To Live By
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Ignorance is never insulting if you're willing to learn, we're all ignorant about most things. ~~The Words of Lamna
- Words I Live By
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Yeah, and even if you don't agree with creationists on that concept, that doesn't mean they can't be decent people. I have friends who are creationist (possibly even young earth) that I get along with fine in general life. I don't think they're right of course, but that doesn't make them intellectual degenerates. ~~The Words of forbidden3
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Ass-breathing fish-lizards? Sounds like a punk rock band
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"Holy fucking shit a toilet paper roll! Our favorite thing!"
- Urufumarukai
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Tyrannosaurus aquastronka
- Kamineigh
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Myo, if you don't stop reading the YouTube comments...
- Lamna
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Are you saying what I think you're saying?
Sheather bathes in cum?
- Cephylus
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And last night I dreamed I was blowing up a Kindergarten with a grenade launcher for no particular reason...
- revin
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Oh, and of course more people get killed by selfies than by sharks. Of course.
- Parasky
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SHEEEEAAAAATTTTTTHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
- whachamacalit2
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The smell of rotting flesh really kills my appetite, surprising, but the visual appearance of corpses makes me hungry. Is that weird?
- Ebervalius
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I mean, let us say I'm a genderfluid blurflux demi-romantic woman who is sexually attracted to men, but only if they are Melanesian and have a voice like that of Nicholas Cage. Okay, so what?
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When I first saw that picture, I thought you were dissecting a condom.
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All hail Robo-Stalin.
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Seems like everything in this project is now dead.
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Seagulls are pretty much trees, right?
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We all must finish chapters of our lives to go on to the next. Sometime this means leaving behind versions of ourselves that don't want to die.
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For April fool's, we had to make an orgasm that resembled a human foot.
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im the black market
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He was a skater birb, she said tweet you later birb
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Funny, isn't it, that our world needs Clark Kent a lot more than Superman.
- Xenoblade Chronicles
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Even though he is our creator, that does not afford him the right to take our lives on a whim. But that is the thinking of a homs. He is a god. Such morals cannot apply to gods. So you think we should just shut up and die?! If that is the fate decided by a god. You are mistaken if you think we will simply accept such a fate and wait to die. We'll never stop fighting. Not till the end. To Zanza, the outcome is the same. Thus your logic is flawed.
- Hades - Kid Icarus Uprising
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When freaky aliens give you lemons, make freaky alien lemonade.
- Kid Icarus Uprising
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But Souls are delicious. They're like bacon - they taste good on anything. But if you eat them, you completely remove them from existence! They can't move on or... or be reincarnated! Huh. I never really gave it much thought. Besides, what do you mean by reincarnation anyway? You know, being reborn as someone or something else. Which means different body, different memories, different experiences, yes? So isn't being reborn as "something else" the same as being "removed from existence"? I... I... eating souls isn't right! That depends on your definition of "right". All living things survive by eating other living things. So what? You're a god. You should be above all that! Gods are above living things, which doesn't necessarily mean we care about them.
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Nov 1 2017, 11:01 PM
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Forgetting your obvious sarcasm, elephants are not exclusive of a specific environment, they live in different places from forest areas, islands, marshes coasts and even deserts, they can live in any tropical and subtropical climates.
Exactly - in present day, two of the three known species of Elephants live in forests - the African Forest Elephant, and the Asian Elephant.
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Why exactly? elephants are the only animals of the same size as a Tyrannosaurus alive, so they are the best comparison, they only thing that people have not agreed with the analogy is that the plumage does not work in the same way as the mammal coat, although Theropods as tyrannosaurs and ancestors presented a less complex form of tegument, being only filament like in structure.
Agreed.
I mean I wish there was a giant ratite or terror bird which was about 10-12 meters long, with a 3.5-4 meter tall hip height, and weighed at least 4 metric tons to have a more reasonable comparison to T. rex. But sadly, no such bird has ever been known to have existed.
Edited by dino-ken, Nov 1 2017, 11:03 PM.
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