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| What annoys you about paleontology?; Rant on about moronic theories, complaints, or just animals that annoy you. | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 05:04 PM (256,465 Views) | |
| Stan The Man | Nov 2 2013, 08:15 PM Post #526 |
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Feathers protect against heat? I didn't know that, but anywho, you can see even in modern birds that the feathers to body ratio is partially affected by the body size, as the ostrich has bald spots on some of its body (worded it wrong last time), while other birds in its habitat excluding vultures and such birds (their bald spot I beleive is for ease of self-cleaning) don't share those bald spots. Edited by Stan The Man, Nov 2 2013, 08:18 PM.
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| CyborgIguana | Nov 2 2013, 08:22 PM Post #527 |
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What annoys me is why everyone is so opposed to feathered dinosaurs? And BTW, MrRabbid, comparing dinosaurs to mammals isn't considered a valid analogy since dinosaurs were far more anatomically similar to birds. Yes, some larger dinosaurs may have lost a bit of their feathering due to their environments, but I see no reason to think they would suddenly strip all their feathers off and streak around naked just because the climate got a little bit warmer.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Nov 2 2013, 08:24 PM.
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Nov 2 2013, 08:26 PM Post #528 |
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I stand in the shadows waiting for you to return me to the light.
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Ostriches do not have bald spots on their head though, their plumage is just very short to the point at a short distance they look bald but when face to face they have feathers on their face. Vultures on the other hand sometimes do have a lot of feathers on their head however all still have feathers their feathers are just very short yet again however thin too so the blood and gore does not get stuck on them and they cannot reach the back of their own head. Some vultures do not eat entire elk carcasses or elephant ones, they can eat anything they want the baldish ones are just to be able to come out semi clean form carcasses when others just do not eat much large carrion sources like Egyptian Vultures eat eggs and small animals along with amounts of carrion. Also every bird has a bald spot called their legs and mouth, birds have beaks dinosaurs would share a similar feather cover on their head where the feathers are absent around the mouth somewhat, then the legs because they can have some feathers in which they rarely get covered because really there would be alot of heating problems with feathers there because when you walk you make heat a lot of it. Therefore feet release alot of heat along with the legs so no feathers is a common biological design. |
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| Stan The Man | Nov 2 2013, 08:28 PM Post #529 |
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Since when did I say that? Are you thinking that by me saying that I'm not fond of large fluffball dinosaurs at all, that I'm saying that they were scaly beasts which never had feathers? I may be confusing some of you, because by "fluffball" I mean like a literal ball of poof, and not something lightly covered in feathers. |
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| CyborgIguana | Nov 2 2013, 08:30 PM Post #530 |
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On a related note, naked oviraptorids annoy me even more than naked deinonychosaurs. At least there are a few scaly Velociraptor reconstructions that are still aesthetically pleasing, but I've never seen an unfeathered Oviraptor that didn't make my eyes sore. Oviraptorids just look so butt-ugly with scales, it's not even funny! EDIT: Sorry MrRabbid, I guess I misunderstood.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Nov 2 2013, 08:31 PM.
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| Sheather | Nov 2 2013, 08:33 PM Post #531 |
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!
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Oh, as far as being nothing but a ball of fluff that is ridiculous to me.
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| Stan The Man | Nov 2 2013, 08:34 PM Post #532 |
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It's not that, I think I just wasn't really specifying on what I thought was logical with feathers and large dinosaurs (not small ones or medium sized ones), and my arguement probably further influenced this confusion. Edited by Stan The Man, Nov 2 2013, 09:07 PM.
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Nov 2 2013, 08:40 PM Post #533 |
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When I say "balls of fluff", I mean something like this:
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Nov 2 2013, 08:48 PM Post #534 |
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I stand in the shadows waiting for you to return me to the light.
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But it is normal looking to most people seeing it as a hairy or feather to be exact boar of the dinosaur world because it did not look like the scaly freak we once thought it looked like. |
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| CyborgIguana | Nov 2 2013, 08:49 PM Post #535 |
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That restoration is epic!
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Nov 2 2013, 08:59 PM Post #536 |
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I think it looks implausible and stupid.
This kind of attitude is why I'm defending scales on a regular basis |
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| CyborgIguana | Nov 2 2013, 09:13 PM Post #537 |
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Look, I enjoy scaly dinosaurs sometimes too, but that doesn't mean they're accurate. I think most dinosaurs had a feathery covering of some sort. TBH I think a scaly ceratopsian is just about as plausible as a scaly wild boar. |
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| Captain Phasma | Nov 2 2013, 09:14 PM Post #538 |
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Captain of the First Order and Boba Fett 2.0
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I wasn't offended in the slightest, and thank you for your concern. I find this whole thing hilarious. I will state why I believe in God, though. My grandfather had an aneurism months, if not years, ago. He was alive several hours BEFORE he got to the hospital. They operated, and I'm gonna see my Grandpa tomorrow at church. Nobody survives an aneurism on their own. I believe it was a miracle. I'd like to thank everyone for their kindness about the situation, and their explanations, though, I'm still not buying it!
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Nov 2 2013, 09:19 PM Post #539 |
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To each his own I suppose. You like your Protoceratops to look like a porcupine, I think it looks unrealistic. |
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| CyborgIguana | Nov 2 2013, 09:20 PM Post #540 |
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I still wouldn't jump to the conclusion that a divine power saved his life, but I'm not you...so...yeah. Maybe we should just agree to disagree. @Dr. Hax: I wouldn't say it looks like a porcupine, more like the bristly hairs that pigs have. Edited by CyborgIguana, Nov 2 2013, 09:20 PM.
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Feathers, unlike fur, protect from the heat too, which means a coat is pretty useful in hot climates too









