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Wait, so T-Rex had feathers? Anyone got a better science link on that?
No direct evidence, but scientists rate the odds as good.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus#Skin_and_feather...

> Mark Norell of the American Museum of Natural History summarized the balance of evidence by stating that: "we have as much evidence that T. rex was feathered, at least during some stage of its life, as we do that australopithecines like Lucy had hair."

That is the current prevailing theory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosaurus#Skin_and_feather...

"While there is no direct evidence for Tyrannosaurus rex having had feathers, many scientists now consider it likely that T. rex had feathers on at least parts of its body, due to their presence in related species of similar size."

It makes my wife sad when I remind her of it. You start imagining Dinosaurs acting like the birds you see outside and they kind of loose all their awesomeness.

> You start imagining Dinosaurs acting like the birds you see outside and they kind of loose all their awesomeness.

Or the other way around if you choose the right birds. Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1211/

> You start imagining Dinosaurs acting like the birds you see outside and they kind of loose all their awesomeness.

You need to pay more attention to birds.

And especially to birds whose ecology has at least remote similarities to the dinosaur you're thinking of. Thinking about a T-Rex acting like a cassowary then realising the cassowary isn't even carnivorous is more terrifying than anything else.
Watching nature shows, animals in the yard and pets, all animals are retarded.

I have crows hopping in the front yard waiting for bread. I have hummingbirds that come to the door and windows demanding more food when the feeders get empty or a little too old for their liking. You can watch parakeets and parrots dancing to music

These are not the actions that instill awe like the T-Rex in Jurassic Park would. All I see is dinosaurs doing the same things I see birds doing and they are now just as retarded as every other animal on the planet.

Now imagine those birds demanding food are carnivorous and large enough to bite off your head.
A T Rex that acted like a crow / raven would be a scary, scary thing.
I can't help to see dinosaurs/velociraptors when I'm looking at the magpies here. Probably because the creators of Jurassic Park took their inspiration from these kind of birds as well, and JP is my only reference. But anyhow, I think that's scary enough, and not as cute as a giant chicken.
What a beautiful gigantic chicken!

These guys seem to be doing a lot of work to get their models right, nice project. The post about Torosaurus and Triceratops is pretty neat too: http://saurian.maxmediacorp.com/?p=551

I really hate redesign articles that don't show comparisons to the old model. Is it really that hard to get a picture of the old T-Rex?
> T. rex now has sexy new feet based on newly discovered fossil trackways of a closely related tyrannosaurid from Canada.

Do go on.

> Among the changes from the old model are a revised arrangement for tarsal scutes and tapering toes that have significantly more padding to them.

Ooh la la!