Those feathered descendants of the dinosaurs

Posted on July 18, 2013 | 3 Comments

Some people have trouble imagining what scientists have in recent decades demonstrated via China fossils to be true: that birds are the descendants of dinosaurs.

Not me and J.D. at Mouth of the Brazos, who watched a Texas Mockingbird in action:

“The way the bird landed and hopped, using its wings and tail for balance, after the lizard (which had no chance at all) made me think of dinosaurs. It is hard to NOT believe that birds are closely related to them.”

Especially the big ones, like Mexican Grackles and Blue Jays. I still wonder about hummingbirds, though.

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3 responses to “Those feathered descendants of the dinosaurs”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | July 19, 2013 at 11:33 am |

    Yep. Definitely coming from dinos.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | July 19, 2013 at 5:35 pm |

    I still wonder about hummingbirds. They seem more like the offspring of helicopters. Had anyone ever seen a hummingbird before helicopters were invented?

  3. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | July 22, 2013 at 3:42 am |

    Well, Leonardo is considered the inventor, at least on paper, but I am not sure there were ones in Italy. Here we have that Palestinian Sunbird you have probably seen, which is a tad larger than an average hummingbird, but very close.

    In Italy I am not sure…