Post by johannes on Sept 7, 2023 19:35:17 GMT 10
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fujianvenator-prodigiosus-dinosaur-fossil-bird/
Some random thoughts on this dino-bird:
1. BANDits and Jurassic Park fanboys will hate me for this, but I think you wouldn't be able to tell an avialian from a troodontid or a dromaeosaur if you saw the feathered fowl plundering the trash cans in your backyard.
2. Would it really be able to bring down a choristodere nearly its size (and probably heavier)?
3. Why does nobody do research on how the Seriema uses its hyperextendable claw in feeding and prey aquisition? It's a semi-domesticated animal, being kept on many a South American farm as a ratter...
4. If they had choristoderes at such high latitudes - essentially a semi-antarctic environment - what does that mean for Nessie and all those "corcadiles" and giwoites reported from early modern Eastern Europe
?
Some random thoughts on this dino-bird:
1. BANDits and Jurassic Park fanboys will hate me for this, but I think you wouldn't be able to tell an avialian from a troodontid or a dromaeosaur if you saw the feathered fowl plundering the trash cans in your backyard.
2. Would it really be able to bring down a choristodere nearly its size (and probably heavier)?
3. Why does nobody do research on how the Seriema uses its hyperextendable claw in feeding and prey aquisition? It's a semi-domesticated animal, being kept on many a South American farm as a ratter...
4. If they had choristoderes at such high latitudes - essentially a semi-antarctic environment - what does that mean for Nessie and all those "corcadiles" and giwoites reported from early modern Eastern Europe
?