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From CBC

"This is the first time that skeletal material from a dinosaur has been found in amber," Xing told the CBC. "Previous finds in amber have included isolated feathers that may have belonged to dinosaurs, but without an identifiable part of the body included, their source has remained open to debate.

Also part of the study was the Royal Saskatchewan Museum. Ryan McKellar, curator of invertebrate palaeontology, was involved in specimen photography and feather-work, determining what happened between when the dinosaur died and when it was trapped.

"It's spectacular," he told the CBC. "Because this is the first time we're seeing dinosaur material preserved in amber where we know for sure that we're dealing with dinosaur as opposed to bird material because we've got the skeletal material there, not just the feathers."

More at the source. Meteor my ass if old.

 

[Leonsito]

Lies

 

[HStallion]

Cue people saying Dinosaurs don't have feathers.

Edit: beaten already

 

[SliceSabre]

The conspiracy to make dinosaurs less cool by saying they had feathers must stop!

 

[sixteen-bit]

Cool beans

 

[strafer]

 

[Diprosalic]

feathers on dinos are a hoax created by the chinese

 

[Ray Wonder]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

 

[WorldStar]

okay so this confirms that possibly one dinosaur had feathers

 

[Guevara]

2016 just keeps getting worse

 

[SocksAndShoes]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

Uh they've thought dinosaurs had feathers for a while now...like at least a decade.

 

[DragonSworne]

Lol, that's a bird not a dinosaur. Do scientists really not know the difference between a bird and a dinosaur?

 

[Apple Turnover]

feathers on dinos are a hoax created by the devil

FTFY

 

[Fancolors]

Neat. Feather dinos are cool.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

feathers on dinos are a hoax created by the chinese

I agree. Trump will save us and set the world right. He will return us to the great featherless dinosaur lovers we were pre dirty commies.

 

[BlackJet]

Nope it's just a hoax I don't believe you.

Am I mistaken or was there evidence that chickens are genetically related to the t-rex?

 

[Diprosalic]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

uh, research suggested that for a loooooong time now, like multiple decades.

 

[Sheroking]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

Some, if not most, dinosaurs being feathered has been a well regarded theory for quite a lot longer than 1 year.

People were saying the Jurassic Park interpretation wasn't highly accurate in the 90's, especially where the Raptors were concerned.

 

[itwasTuesday]

Even the word raptor means "bird of prey"

 

[Neoriceisgood]

Lol, that's a bird not a dinosaur. Do scientists really not know the difference between a bird and a dinosaur?

What if I told you birds are dinosaurs?

 

[Sephzilla]

 

[sixteen-bit]

why do people hate dinosaur feathers exactly?

 

[Darryl M R]

Liberal media will tell you that dinosaurs had feathers. Sad!

 

[lazygecko]

Raptor Jesus planted the feathers to test our faith.

 

[PixelatedBookake]

Scientists placed the feathered dinosaurs in the ground to trick us! Don't believe their lies!

 

[WorldStar]

why do people hate dinosaur feathers exactly?

Because it's inaccurate

 

[Diprosalic]

why do people hate dinosaur feathers exactly?

because now they don't look like they did in Jurassic Park, the movie they grew up with.

it's like someone retconned history.

 

[DragonSworne]

What if I told you birds are dinosaurs?

lol then why we still got birds if dinosaurs died from a meteor? That's just logic man.

 

[Hatty]

Feathered Dinosaurs are cool as fuck. Definitely don't understand the hate

 

[Gusto]

Trico?

 

[OnPoint]

This is perfection.

 

[Toa TAK]

How much more proof do you all need?

Feathered Dinosaurs are cool as fuck. Definitely don't understand the hate

I don't either.

 

[LQX]

When I was a kid dinosaurs did not have feathers.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

why do people hate dinosaur feathers exactly?

People got used to the "cool" scaly aesthetic and don't want to let it go.

 

[Pejo]

Maybe since we were wrong about the feather thing for so long, we're wrong in reverse about it now. Maybe this particular dinosaur was just into cosplay or something.

 

[GamingOblivion]

Because it's inaccurate

Because you like to ignore the truth?

 

[Amalthea]

Amazing!

I also wonder if we can count feather dino hating as a part of the post-truth thing.

 

[ValkyrUser]

Wow. They found wings in amber back in June and now they have a tail? Let's just find a whole baby dinosaur in amber next.

 

[WorldStar]

How much more proof do you all need?

"Proof"...lol yeah okay

 

[Netherscourge]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

 

[Eidan]

We're in a post-fact world, people. And this is one fact I will reject.

 

[chrisPjelly]

CONFIRMED

 

[lawnchair]

so we now know that there were some tiny lil dinosaurs that at some point in their lifespan had feathers.

this isnt "T REX WAS COVERED IN FEATHERS" so i'm okay

 

[Vhalyar]

wtf, so we thought dinosaurs didn't have feathers for all this time, now that we think they do we find proof like a year later

Yeah it's a conspiracy, I agree with you.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

We need Speilberg to "George Lucas" those Raptors.

How does this look worse than 1993?

 

[Ray Wonder]

Uh they've thought dinosaurs had feathers for a while now...like at least a decade.

uh, research suggested that for a loooooong time now, like multiple decades.

Some, if not most, dinosaurs being feathered has been a well regarded theory for quite a lot longer than 1 year.

People were saying the Jurassic Park interpretation wasn't highly accurate in the 90's, especially where the Raptors were concerned.

oh wow. never knew that. haha

 

[Zackat]

We need a dinosaur movie that has them covered in feathers now.

How does this look worse than 1993?

Movie probably had a lot of motion blur? Only thing I can think of.

 

[Air]

I actually think feathered dinosaurs are cool

 

[Fenderputty]

The conspiracy to make dinosaurs less cool by saying they had feathers must stop!

I think it makes them cooler IMO

 

[SliceSabre]

Feathered Dinosaurs are cool as fuck. Definitely don't understand the hate

Just what a paid dinosaur feathers shill would say. smh