“Genetically equivalent” Well in as much as that maybe true I would say there are some major difference’s when it comes to intelligence however… See the cheesy grin in the second to last panel!
boy, some people don’t think they had guns in the dinosaur era, but we have clear evidence of an outline of a .45 in this fossil structure. If you send me $25 plus shipping and handling via pay-ya-pal, to…
Birds have vestigial tooth buds which develop embryonically, but are then reabsorbed before hatching. When those cells are harvested and allowed to grow in laboratory environments, the results are almost identical to reptile teeth.
We have very little genetic information about dinosaurs, so bone structure is pretty much all we have to go on. But I guess all of those late-dated fossils we’ve found with proto-wing structures and proto-feathers, which would seem to connect modern birds and small, biped dinosaurs somatically, are purely coincidences. After all, exoticdoc is a veterinarian, so he knows all about dinosaurs.
if you thought of yourself as a big, tough, dinosaur and were suddenly confronted with the idea of being a cute little bird, you might just react in similar fashion.
I was about to say what several other people have said in different ways: so now we know what happened to raptors. Imagine, one little kiwi did all that.
As for the rest, there is more than one way of explaining the similarities between birds and some dinosaurs, other than hypothesizing that the second was the direct ancestor of the first.
Current theory is that dinos were warm-blooded, ElDo, but on what evidence I don’t know. The ambient temperature was higher then, but still… If a creature the size of a T-Rex relied on the sun to provide its body heat, it would hardly be able to move at all.
To cite eminent paleontologist Calvin’s landmark paper Tyrannosaurus Rex: Fearsome Predator or Loathsome Scavenger?, “I say tyrannosaurs were predators, because it would be so bogus if they just ate things that were already dead. The end.”
I apologize for quoting the paper in its entirety, but it’s not easily summarized.
Maybe there’s also a warning implied - what we say to or about another person can be very hurtful and can have some very serious consequences, even if they were not intended. “Sticks and stones may break my bones AND words CAN often hurt me.”
GROG Premium Member almost 14 years ago
That good, eh!
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ladywolf17 almost 14 years ago
Now that was not necessary.
Hi and good morning Grog, ♠Lonewolf♠ Big Sister, Tanya, Dogsniff and everyone else.
COWBOY7 almost 14 years ago
Not very good, I take it!
Good Sunday Morning, LuvH8, Grog, Ladywolf, Woodeye, Dogsniff & Everyone.
ksoskins almost 14 years ago
He went out not with a whimper but a bang!
pouncingtiger almost 14 years ago
Prehistoric harakiri? Wow, that’s heavy.
dsom8 almost 14 years ago
And that’s what happened to the dinosaurs.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
A little more than kin, but less than kind.
cdward almost 14 years ago
Bwa ha ha.
NE1956 almost 14 years ago
I suspect the whimper preceded the bang.
Hey you goonie bird … that was certainly harsh.
Dribbler46 almost 14 years ago
Life was not worth living for him anymore!
linsonl almost 14 years ago
That’s how I feel when I have to be with my family.
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Ref’s running out of flags. So many violations. Maybe our raptor could lend me his Bang!
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
At last, a logical extinction theory!
lightenup Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Hey, it’s not that bad. Birds lasted longer than dinosaurs did, so I would take it as a compliment.
rotts almost 14 years ago
Spam dammers times five!
sutirtho almost 14 years ago
Common folks… the raptor is not dead… he was just banging his head against a stone or something!! :)
Anandgyan almost 14 years ago
Seems like the raptor didn’t have a bird brain!
S_T_F_U almost 14 years ago
If I was the raptor, I think I would have just eaten the bird! Genetically equal maybe, but not at the same spot in the food chain.
Dewed almost 14 years ago
so THAT’s how they went extinct
Wildmustang1262 almost 14 years ago
What the heck did the raptor do with the “BANG!”? Commits a suicide! Sighhhh! :-/
Trainwreck_1 almost 14 years ago
“Genetically equivalent” Well in as much as that maybe true I would say there are some major difference’s when it comes to intelligence however… See the cheesy grin in the second to last panel!
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
Maybe he slammed his head in a car door?
freeholder1 almost 14 years ago
boy, some people don’t think they had guns in the dinosaur era, but we have clear evidence of an outline of a .45 in this fossil structure. If you send me $25 plus shipping and handling via pay-ya-pal, to…
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Birds have vestigial tooth buds which develop embryonically, but are then reabsorbed before hatching. When those cells are harvested and allowed to grow in laboratory environments, the results are almost identical to reptile teeth.
We have very little genetic information about dinosaurs, so bone structure is pretty much all we have to go on. But I guess all of those late-dated fossils we’ve found with proto-wing structures and proto-feathers, which would seem to connect modern birds and small, biped dinosaurs somatically, are purely coincidences. After all, exoticdoc is a veterinarian, so he knows all about dinosaurs.
yyyguy almost 14 years ago
if you thought of yourself as a big, tough, dinosaur and were suddenly confronted with the idea of being a cute little bird, you might just react in similar fashion.
Rakkav almost 14 years ago
I was about to say what several other people have said in different ways: so now we know what happened to raptors. Imagine, one little kiwi did all that.
As for the rest, there is more than one way of explaining the similarities between birds and some dinosaurs, other than hypothesizing that the second was the direct ancestor of the first.
mrsullenbeauty almost 14 years ago
Psychology, it seems, has been a tool of warfare for a long time.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
Current theory is that dinos were warm-blooded, ElDo, but on what evidence I don’t know. The ambient temperature was higher then, but still… If a creature the size of a T-Rex relied on the sun to provide its body heat, it would hardly be able to move at all.
Jonathan Bridge Premium Member almost 14 years ago
The poor guy hasn’t had an acting job since “Jurassic Park”.
fritzoid Premium Member almost 14 years ago
To cite eminent paleontologist Calvin’s landmark paper Tyrannosaurus Rex: Fearsome Predator or Loathsome Scavenger?, “I say tyrannosaurs were predators, because it would be so bogus if they just ate things that were already dead. The end.”
I apologize for quoting the paper in its entirety, but it’s not easily summarized.
Shadowfax15 almost 14 years ago
chimps would have felt the same way when they first seen us :P
Brother_James437 almost 14 years ago
Hi Dribbler46, Can I borrow the truck for my date this friday?
MatureCanadian almost 14 years ago
Thanks Fritz. Great quote and so appropriate.
Bad day to be an animal in cartoon land……
tomsdiy almost 14 years ago
Maybe there’s also a warning implied - what we say to or about another person can be very hurtful and can have some very serious consequences, even if they were not intended. “Sticks and stones may break my bones AND words CAN often hurt me.”
ShaZamKaPow almost 14 years ago
@ pouncingtiger: I believe harakiri involves a sword. That would certainly not produce the ‘BANG’ sound that is evident.