Well, it's a better post than another one that includes dinosaurs
(I apologise if this brings back terrible memories for anyone)
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· 9 years ago
I was deeply offended when I found out that Jurassic World wouldn't be incorporating the new knowledge that we have of dinosaurs. Where were all the feathers?! Why did they mention triceratops when we now know its just the juvenile form of a completely different dinosaur? WWWHHHYYY?!
Because they talked about how the park owner (I have forgotten his name, mr helicopter) asked for dinosaurs that were not accurate but were more appealing. It was based off what people wanted to see instead of what was accurate. It makes sense from that viewpoint but yeah, it would have been just as easy to make them accurate
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· 9 years ago
Ah I see, I think I missed that part. But who wouldn't want to see a huge AF ferocious chicken?
That is a good question, I imagine it would be a minority
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· 9 years ago
It is fairly unlikely that Tyrannosaurus rex, as a species, possessed a thick covering of feathers (though its cousin and closely-related species, Yutyrannus huali, did). :P
This is due to the fact that as a creature's mass increases, its rate of metabolism is generally slower. Feathers as insulation would not have been of too much benefit, as there is not much heat dissipation and the geographic range of T-rex at the time was likely not freezing cold.
HOWEVER, it might have had a light covering or patches of feathers, like its feathered cousin. The palaeontologists will keep us informed, I'm sure.
(I apologise if this brings back terrible memories for anyone)
This is due to the fact that as a creature's mass increases, its rate of metabolism is generally slower. Feathers as insulation would not have been of too much benefit, as there is not much heat dissipation and the geographic range of T-rex at the time was likely not freezing cold.
HOWEVER, it might have had a light covering or patches of feathers, like its feathered cousin. The palaeontologists will keep us informed, I'm sure.