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What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you.
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,228 Views)
Yi Qi
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DinoBear
Jun 29 2015, 11:58 PM
Not to mention that it is the only feathered one if you are picky with where you place feathers in Theropoda.
Err...

No.

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besides that, just about every other tyrannosauroid (including the most recent addition, Megaraptora), many maniraptoriforms (The name Gigantoraptor is there for a reason) are also pretty huge and pretty clearly feathered.

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DinoBear
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I was referring to the huge ones people on YouTube go *******, the 7+ ton ones.
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Yi Qi
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DinoBear
Jul 1 2015, 09:58 PM
I was referring to the huge ones people on YouTube go *******, the 7+ ton ones.
Ahh i see.

Anyway, one thing that annoys me deeply

Why

Just WHY do people still give their hadrosaur reconstructions fingers/hooves when we know they didn't have those for freaking DECADES! It at first just annoyed me, now it drives me genuinely MAD.
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Paleop
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because people refuse to abandon traditional beliefs

IE scaly t rex
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Furka
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And because Hadros don't get enough attention, so no one cares if they are depicted inaccurately.
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Yi Qi
Jul 2 2015, 12:55 AM
DinoBear
Jul 1 2015, 09:58 PM
I was referring to the huge ones people on YouTube go *******, the 7+ ton ones.
Ahh i see.

Anyway, one thing that annoys me deeply

Why

Just WHY do people still give their hadrosaur reconstructions fingers/hooves when we know they didn't have those for freaking DECADES! It at first just annoyed me, now it drives me genuinely MAD.
It could be no one has said anything about it, i didn't know about that fact till last year.
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When people insist dinosaurs didn't have feathers solely because it's "not scary enough." Like.... lemme just punch ya fer that.

Also-- when people see fun and crazy speculation that isn't contradicted in any way by fossil records, and then wildly wave their arms around (er, figuratively) yelling that it's 'not accurate.' Kiddo, it's called speculation for a reason, don't freak out... O.o
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Rex T
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I can see I might be the only one who is like this but to me large theropods with feathers are just wrong. Not because they aren't scary or look weird its the fact that it makes no sense to me. While I agree that the young probably did and that any theropod that lived in cold climates had feathers I don't think that the ones that live in tropical or sub tropical environments would have them. If you live and hunt in a world of greens and browns if you were bright red and blue you would stick out like a sore thumb and have no chance of hiding. Plus having to clean the feathers would have taken up a lot of time and for dinos like t.rex with small arms it would have been really hard to do so even with help from others.
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Luca9108
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Who sais that the feathers are red or blue? I recommend to watch this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGAixpQcqdU
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Rex T
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I was talking about the paleo art I see and the downloads I find. This is the kind of things I'm talking about. A brightly colored carnivore doesn't have good chances of catching a meal. Posted Image
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Luca9108
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Yes, but this doesn't have anything to with feathers or? It could also have colorful scales.
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Rex T
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While it could have just be scales like you said I still don't see benefits that a large theropod, who lives in a tropical or arid environment could gain from having a full coat of feathers as I have heard that main scientist believe they had.
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Luca9108
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Who sais a full coat, for example Yutyrannus as an arctic animal with feathers on almost the whole body, so Tyrannosaurus, which lived in a more tropical enviroment could only have feathers on its back and head like here: Posted Image
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Tyranachu
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What's the point of wasting energy for feather production if the animal's just gonna shed them upon reaching adulthood?

And feathers don't necessarily hinder living in tropical or arid environments. There are a lot of large birds that live in such environments that still retain their integument.

As for grooming, dust bathing exists. xD
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Rex T
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As I said I agree with that but what I'm trying to say is that I have heard several scientist state that dinosaurs like T.rex and Tarbo had full sets of either dino fuzz or branching feathers. If you live in an environment where once you reach full size heat loss is not a problem having a full coat of feathers can be more of a problem then a benefit.
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