Velociraptor (could have) had feathers

[neutrino]

http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-09-20-voa62.cfm

I wonder what Randall Munroe of XKCD has to say about all this.

http://xkcd.com/87/
http://xkcd.com/135/
http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/03/04/velociraptor-safety/

 

[mgb_phys]

Since someone pointed out that Jurasic park got it wrong and Velociraptors weren't the big scary ones. The official motto of xkcd had been changed to:

Say no to velociraptors (and all other members of the dromaeosaurid family).

Not quite as catchy but it's important to get the terms right when a large extinct predator leaps out from under you bed.

 

[B. Elliott]

Hasn't it been suspected that they've have feathers for quite some time now? I remember once seeing a picture of a Velociraptor skeleton embedded in shale that shows the outlines of feather-type structures. Jurassic Park didn't really stay that true with the dinosaurs features anyway. Remember Dilophosaurus?

On a side note, didn't someone recently unearth the skeletons of young Tyrannosaurus (chicks?) that appear to be covered with downy feathers?

 

[moose]

I wonder what Randall Munroe of XKCD has to say about all this.

http://xkcd.com/87/
http://xkcd.com/135/
http://blag.xkcd.com/2007/03/04/velociraptor-safety/

Haha, that's also the first thing I thought of when I saw this.

 

[zoobyshoe]

Hasn't it been suspected that they've have feathers for quite some time now? I remember once seeing a picture of a Velociraptor skeleton embedded in shale that shows the outlines of feather-type structures. Jurassic Park didn't really stay that true with the dinosaurs features anyway. Remember Dilophosaurus?

On a side note, didn't someone recently unearth the skeletons of young Tyrannosaurus (chicks?) that appear to be covered with downy feathers?

I believe the History Channel did a special a couple years ago depicting all the two legged dinosaurs with feathers, including T-Rex. Some of the species, they now think, wore Dockers.