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Welcome to… Jurassic Pluck

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Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. Im here to tell you thats wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you dont have to go to Jurassic World to see them (although hanging out with Chris Pratt would be cool)

We have living dinosaurs all around us. We just call them "birds". Yes. Birds are dinosaurs.

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Special thanks to Scott Hartman (www.skeletaldrawing.com/) for the great Deinonychus and Archaeopteryx illustrations

More info/sources:

Great Audubon article on dinosaur-bird evolution www.audubon.org/magazine/january-february-2015/which-came-first-dinosaur-or-bird

Dig deeper with this hour-long Yale lecture by Dr. Richard Prum: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao7Q8kOqjfs

Dr. John Hutchinsons research on dinosaur/bird posture

whatsinjohnsfreezer.com/2013/04/24/3d_dinosaurs/

Chickens wearing prosthetic tails, for science!

journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088458

T. rex had a wishbone: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-thanksgiving-make-a-wish-on-a-dinosaur-87598064/?no-ist

Did prey grasping of dinosaurs evolve into bird flight stroke? www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/flight/aves.html

Reconstructing dinosaur sounds www.sandia.gov/LabNews/LN12-19-97/dinosaur_story.html

Great TED-Ed video on the evolution of feathers in dinosaurs: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPLgfGX1I5Y

Brian Switek on dinosaur feathers: www.smithsonianmag.com/ist/?next=/science-nature/feathers-fuel-dinosaur-flight-debate-146139689/

What do birds see? www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/birds/archives/2012/bird-vision.aspx

Tetrachromacy and feathers in dinosaurs: www.sciencemag.org/content/346/6208/416.short

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