Dinosaurs now have feathers

[Pup]

Stuff that bugs the heck out of me: Most of the American public now thinks "raptor" refers only to dinosaurs.

I know a park naturalist who specializes in the study of raptors, and did so even before the Jurassic movies came out. Don't even...

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

"Even the word 'raptor' means 'bird of prey'." Makes me wonder if they called themselves "raptor"?

 

[Darwin123]

"Even the word 'raptor' means 'bird of prey'." Makes me wonder if they called themselves "raptor"?

Only the English speaking dinosaurs referred to themselves as 'raptors'. The Eubonics speaking dinosaurs referred to themselves as 'rap'.

 

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Only the English speaking dinosaurs referred to themselves as 'raptors'.

I like the circular reference of the quote.

 

[Snorkio]

That's a couple of nice assertions, but not evidence (lack of Konservat-Lagerstätten in the Triassic means we almost certainly couldn't know if basal dinosaurs had protofeathers or not). Especially not the second paragraph.

So it's a 50-50 toss up whether they did or didn't?

 

[Ziggurat]

Only the English speaking dinosaurs referred to themselves as 'raptors'. The Eubonics speaking dinosaurs referred to themselves as 'rap'.

And what do the Esperanto-speaking dinosaurs refer to themselves as?

 

[Damien Evans]

So it's a 50-50 toss up whether they did or didn't?

Well we just don't have the information to know with any degree of certainty

 

[McHrozni]

I won't insist that sauropods had them. However, evidence is currently lacking.

I'll stick with "It would look Ridiculous", then A feathery giraffe-elephant (giraffopand? camelopardisophant?), ffs

McHrozni