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How (not) to Draw Feathered Dinosaurs
Feathered dinosaurs are the best. Imagine a giant chicken with teeth and a long tail. Fluffy and terrifying.
Now imagine the little ones could climb and get you from above. Most adorable death ever, am I right?
These are not velociraptors, they were the size of turkeys. Probably had a similar taste, if not gamier. These are Dakotaraptor. The larger actual star of Jurassic Park. Imagine these coming after you and flapping their wings to stabilize themselves as they pounced on you.
Just think of how adorable a fluffy little tyrannosaurus would be. It's going to grow up to eat all the things. The debate is out as to weather or not is scavanved or hunted, but I like to think it did whatever it's T Rex heart wanted right then.
Just look at it.
Feathers don't make you less terrifying.
Think of how fluffy you could make a T Rex!
THINK ABOUT IT!
Mihakuu
You know how birds puff up to stay warm?
TimeAndMemeLordOfGallifrey
I still doubt the idea of truly feathered dinosaurs, even though these look great
BunnoMcSluggo
IF you think about it, We basically are just picturing dino skeletons, no wonder they're so scary.
UnicornofPeril
Anyone who has med a Canadian Goose knows this to be true.
SithariChaos
There was evidence of proto-feathers millions of years before the first dinosaur. Its likely dinosaurs had them.
RhinosRfatUnicorns
The feather thing ruined dinosaurs for me until I saw artist renderings. Now they’re more terrifying to me.
IceWeaselX
Avian*. Aviaries are artificial habitats for birds.
JustLikeAMetaphor
https://ark.gamepedia.com/media/ark.gamepedia.com/thumb/d/d2/Yutyrannus_Extra_Feathers.jpg/774px-Yutyrannus_Extra_Feathers.jpg
MeatSquatthrust
I’m not sure I like the trex with feathers
theitinerantnaturalist
It’s still a 8 ton apex predator
lawideas
I like the fan theory that Jurassic Park was just a huge scam and that they just made up dinosaur-like creatures from scratch.
Sathzur
We can't prove they weren't giant fat birds.
Obsidengod
Not that far of a a stretch of the imagination. Birds can be scary
SpaceOutlaw
Have you ever been chased down by a swan?
KaijuCatsnake
I was chased by a goose once when I was a toddler. I thought it was funny at the time, but my mom was pretty pissed at me.
darkw00d
Pretty sure the dromeaosaurids in JP were deinonychus.
theitinerantnaturalist
Yes they were. Oversized ones tho
NobodyReally3
I'm not sure if most all dinosaurs having feathers makes me like them less or more
SpaceOutlaw
Not all dinosaurs would. Mainly theropods and other bird ancestors.
Schmuck4hire
For sake of variety, I'd like it if "some" therapods were featherless.
SpaceOutlaw
Some probably were. Feathers took time to evolve. There are also primitive feathers which are less like feathers and more like spikes.
SpaceOutlaw
Ankylosaurus, for instance, was featherless.
NobodyReally3
Well that's good. I guess that I like them more.
YonderPeachTree
well i guess this will go in 3 folders today, fluffies, comics and art xD
Dunes8
Riptor has an unlockable feathered skin in the newer Killer Instinct game.
GarandGunner
https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/feathers.png
TheMellowPeril
It’s so fluffy. And you’re gonna die.
Mazhiwe
IT'S JUST SO FLUFFY I COULD DIE!!!!
JerekoKosta
Brute0808
naivepuppy
That looks more like a platupus
naivepuppy
*Platypus
Xenolith166
It does, yeah
deamonsatwar
In retrospect I hope the game does well. Been watching it for a while now.
SpaceOutlaw
I've been playing it. Donated. Fun as heck.
deamonsatwar
im waiting for when more playable dinos are available before i commit
Brute0808
Member on the Discord there, lots of us hoping the same thing, even tho the start was a bit bumpy.
KaminoNeko
The raptors in Jurassic Park were not Dakotaraptor. Dakotaraptor wasn't discovered until 2005. Utahraptor (which were about the size of the/
theitinerantnaturalist
This. Deinonychus is the real JP raptor. Also Dalotaraptor and Utahraptor are WAY too big to be JP raptors
KaminoNeko
JP raptors were discovered while the movie was in production. They were intended as Deinonycus (upsized, to be scarier), and called/
KaminoNeko
Velociraptor because the paleontologist that Crichten used for reference considered Velociraptor and Deinonychus to be synonyms.
ifanyonescurious
I am one of the few that was looking for this comment
Xenolith166
Preach it brother
Falanxzealot
Thank you. There's at least some of us paying attention :-)
JustLikeAMetaphor
Saurian's commitment to accurate dinos is nice, but not all dinos were feathered. Some probably were JP-style lizards, including T. Rex.
JustLikeAMetaphor
In fact, they've released a statement saying they'll release a new skin for their T. Rex to reflect the newest research.
theitinerantnaturalist
http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/is-the-tyrannosaur-feather-debate-really-over/
theitinerantnaturalist
The study that allegedly proves T. rex was fully scaly never actually said this. Also it has lots of problems.
LychFinderGeneral
It's a shame Saurian has no real gameplay to it.
Brute0808
*yet. But lets be honest here, youre an antisocial predator. Only things missing for that sort of animal is the breeding.
TrustMeImmaDogtor
There's more and more evidence coming to light that supports the idea that many dinosaurs were feathered! Some even brightly colored!
manimatr0n
There isn't, protofeathers would have appeared towards the end anyway and most skin samples even in soft mud shows scales.
Brute0808
True for the most part up until the bright colours. The ones we do have the colours of are for the most part covered in earthy colours.
TrustMeImmaDogtor
It's actually really difficult to determine coloration. There's some deep science behind it. I watched a documentary on the whole process.
Brute0808
Brute0808
Preserved melanosomes in the fossils? Ye. We've got brown psittacosaurus, rusty brown borealopelta, raven microraptor, woodpecker anchiornis
Brute0808
Aaaaaand a sinosauropteryx that looks like a coati. Well, thats the famous ones at least.
Rebonack
We recently found a Trex with detailed skin impressions for much of its body. No feathers. Sorry, guys.
manimatr0n
Yeah, people got hung up on this like 10 years ago and consistently ignore the most recent data.
theitinerantnaturalist
Because the most recent data about scale impressions doesn’t actually say what he claims.
theitinerantnaturalist
False. The impressions were NOT over much of the body. The scientists never actually said this.
theitinerantnaturalist
http://www.eartharchives.org/articles/is-the-tyrannosaur-feather-debate-really-over/
DeLasVegas
It actually doesn't disprove the idea of a feathered T-rex. the scale impressions are from places that aren't usually covered with feathers1
Rebonack
I'm responding to an image that displays a Trex with feathers everywhere except its mouth. While it's possible they had feathers on parts-
Rebonack
-we didn't find skin impressions for, they clearly weren't covered in feathers.
DeLasVegas
Ok, yeah that is pretty clear
DeLasVegas
2 on dinos we know had feathers elsewhere. This study is the same as saying vultures dont have feathers because of skin from the neck
FlyingDogOfDoom
The raptors in Jurassic Park are meant to be Deinonychus, not Dakotaraptor.
FlyingDogOfDoom
https://news.yale.edu/2015/06/18/yale-s-legacy-jurassic-world
jbilly90
Neat
SpaceOutlaw
Fair point. But I think we can both agree it was not a velociraptor. You know they only said it because it sounds cool.
FlyingDogOfDoom
Oh definitely - Although I'd love to see someone remake all the raptor scenes using the little fellers. It'd be hilarious!
PersonaAuGratin
So, basically a giant shoebill:
Brute0808
More or less:
SpaceOutlaw
A shoebill with teeth and a long tail to help it make tight turns in a sprint.
Brute0808
For some reason the image reminds me of every damn time I grab a bird in Saurian, poor things dont stand a chance.
Rhulain
I thought the Jurassic park raptors were actually Utahraptors
SpaceOutlaw
Those were almost as large as a T Rex
terithian
No, Utahraptors and Dakotaraptors were around the same size.
terithian
Size comparison example:
theitinerantnaturalist
Too big and discovered after film came out
SnailLord
IIRC Utahraptors were discovered shortly after the movie was released, but they fit the bill of the movie raptors for size
Brute0808
Hell they even concidered naming the utahraptors after Spielberg
theitinerantnaturalist
Utahraptors actually weighed 4 times as much as JP raptors.
Allhailmidgetgoat
Today I learned that dinosaurs were nothing but giant terrifying birds.
Brute0808
No wonder the emus beat the australians..
cyno01
Actaully the opposite, birds are just small terrifying dinosaurs.
SpaceOutlaw
Some birds are still terrifying. The emu or Canadian goose for example.
Spitfire2865
Cassowary?
Wrathael
Cassowary. It's right there in the name "wary". Be afraid.
AnIdiotWhoShouldBeShot
There were probably both, considering there's been more time between the 1st and last dinosaur than the last and us.
Brute0808
This and us having more proof of certain dinosaurs lacking feathers rather than having them, at least with hadrosaurids and abelisaurids.
NSAgent
As long as there are birds then we haven’t seen the last dinosaur!
thatzunpossible
And didn’t they just find a bit of perfectly petrified dinosaur skin proving some definitely had scales?
SpaceOutlaw
True that. Feathers took time to evolve and were not what modern feathers are like, even then only certain animals would benefit from them.
JustLikeAMetaphor
Aye, the current thinking is T. Rex evolved out of the feathers its ancestor Yutyrannus had.
theitinerantnaturalist
Actually that study a) never outright said T. rex was featherless and b) has lots of problems.
Irreal
I read somewhere that feathers were an primitive feature of archsaurier and crocidiles simply lost them.
ZZhillTopper
I think it is like fur originally insulation for warm blooded creatures to make maintaining temp easier
ZZhillTopper
I would guess some dinosaurs where warm blooded like birds
theitinerantnaturalist
All of them actually.
SpaceOutlaw
If that's the case that's need as heck.
theitinerantnaturalist
There are feather keratin genes found in alligators.
EvilKrikkit
Didn't some scientist tweak birb DNA and the embryo grew teeth? Hold on....
SpaceOutlaw
Fun fact. That was just a guy who really wanted a pet dinosaur so he hung around digs until he knew enough to build one himself.
SomeCrazyNerd
Hol' up.
BlackDragoness
You don't love me like I love you
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TheMellowPeril
Weren’t some scientists too preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should?
GlassCannon570
We stopped asking what we should do when it was discovered that there is no should, only can.
Nize426
That's a question to ask after a park full of dinosaurs gets released because the security system had to be shut down, but not now.
EvilKrikkit
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/mutant-chicken-grows-alli/
BrazilianThunderPanda
Imagine an alligator with feathers
SpaceOutlaw
I believe he's going to wait until he is able to turn off the gene that gets rid as well before he'll let one hatch.
aBastardNoLonger
I dot think they've been able to get one to hatch. The article said they aren't viable, but some were able to incubate for a certain time
TheMellowPeril
He’ll spare no expense.