Dinosaur Feather Color Discovered

anzha writes "Do you remember being a kid and told we'd never know what colors the dinosaurs were? For at least some, that's no longer true. Scientists working in the UK and China have closely examined the fossils of multiple theropods and actually found the colors and patterns that were present in the fossilized proto-feathers. So far, the answer is orange, black and white in banded and other patterns. The work also thoroughly thrashes the idea that fossils might not be feathers, but collagen fibers instead. If this holds up, Birds Are Dinosaurs. Period. And colorful!"

Comments

Re:CHICKEN DANCE!

[maxume]

Would you kill a dinosaur for your shotgun?

Re:So everything really

[bill_mcgonigle]

tastes like dinosaurs?

My wife gets the kids dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets at the warehouse club. I've always thought that particularly poetic.

That thing doesn't look so scary

[bsDaemon]

More like a... six-foot turkey.

Re:That thing doesn't look so scary

[Anonymous Coward]

Either way, he should have a cameo in the fourth movie as raptor chow.

I remember being told ...

[Korbeau]

Do you remember being a kid and told we'd never know what colors the dinosaurs were?

I remember being told that we could in theory breed dinosaurs in test tubes by extracting blood from mosquitoes preserved in amber ...

And the story continues...

[palmerj3]

... and since Microsoft owns the patent to the color they've since filed a motion to sue the Jurassic Age.

very heavy feathers

[macbeth66]

 

The work also thoroughly thrashes the idea that fossils might not be feathers, but collagen fibers instead.

ah, no. Fossils are not feathers. Ever. In any way, shape or form. However, these fossils might be of feathers.

Re:Dinosaurs are green, doggone it!

[confused one]

Barney has always bothered me... Why are we teaching our children to play with a large and obviously dangerous carnivore?

Re:Birds are dinosaurs.

[D Ninja]

Though I'll admit I'm biased, since that connection means my bird watching is a little less nerdy since it's actually dinosaur watching!

In Jurassic period Soviet Union, dinosaur watches you!

Re:Summary hilariously wrong

[mr_lizard13]

That's a fairly sensational accusation.

Re:Yea right

[Cro Magnon]

Judging by the size of the clod that dropped from the sky onto my car this morning, I'm sure it came from a dinosaur.

Re:Birds are dinosaurs.

[Chris Burke]

A gentleman doesn't kiss and tell. And I'm not sure, but I think that applies to wild furniture-breaking monkey sex too. So I won't say!

Re:Yea right

[ColdWetDog]

Time is an allusion.

Lunchtime doubly so.

Re:Summary hilariously wrong

[Red Flayer]

Meanwhile, the early bird Confuciusornis had a variety of black, grey, red and brown hues, even within a single feather.

Confuciusornis say, man who guess dinosaur feather color knows dinosaurs ex-tint.

Re:Yea right

[gyrogeerloose]

Apparently, there [b]are[/b] also a lot of people out there that can't keep their grammar straight when pointing out spelling mistakes.

Apparently, there are also a lot of people out there that don't know how to use HTML tags properly.

Ginger Dinosaurs?

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that why they went extinct?

Re:CHICKEN DANCE!

[harry666t]

You seem to be the dinosaur here.

Re:Summary hilariously wrong

[Red Flayer]

Meanwhile, the early bird Confuciusornis had a variety of black, grey, red and brown hues, even within a single feather.

Ah ha! Now we know for sure which dinosaur got the worm.

OK, I think I'm done now.