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Title: New raptor found!
Post by: Random Gal on November 07, 2015, 10:43:18 pm
Seriously, a week already and I missed this?

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/05/dakotaraptor-feathered-winged-carnivore-south-dakota (http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/05/dakotaraptor-feathered-winged-carnivore-south-dakota)

A new dromaeosaurid was found in South Dakota back in 2005 and described a week ago. It's called (unimaginatively) Dakotaraptor and was pretty big; around the same size as Utahraptor at 6 feet/1.8 meters tall and 18 feet/5.5 meters long. It lived around 66 million years ago near the end of the Cretaceous, alongside Tyrannosaurus and Triceratops. Evidence of feathers is present on the fossils in the form of quill knobs on its arm bones.
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: mellenORL on November 08, 2015, 10:51:35 am
It's so bad-ass looking, I thought it deserved a paste here.
Beware, it's a scrolling massive line drawing. Nine inch long stiletto talons of death on this baby!

(click to show/hide)
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 08, 2015, 11:00:51 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbrsQNeEyIg

Sorry, I couldn't resist.   ;D
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: guizonde on November 08, 2015, 11:34:02 am
*looks at ostriches*

*looks at dakotaraptor*

one has a bad temper and a kick that will break your spine. the other actually thinks you're food and it's biologically engineered to frag you in a spectacular way. with most likely a kick that can break your spine, too.

know what? i'm glad to not live in the cretacious.
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: ironbite on November 08, 2015, 05:36:12 pm
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  NOT MORE FEATHERS!
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: niam2023 on November 08, 2015, 06:11:55 pm
-pets Ironbite's feathers-
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: ironbite on November 08, 2015, 06:43:02 pm
*disembowels niam then transforms to robot mode and eye lasers the remains*

Ironbite-what did we learn?
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: Zygarde on November 08, 2015, 07:10:49 pm
That we should add eye lasers to your list of powers?
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: ironbite on November 08, 2015, 07:56:43 pm
....you've never met Ironbite have you?

(http://www.insecticons.com/images3/Ironbite-01.jpg)

Ironbite-there I am
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: lord gibbon on November 09, 2015, 01:20:54 am
Sorry, Bite, but even you can't beat the awesome power of SCIENCE!!!
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 09, 2015, 07:29:44 am
Considering that we're all literally made of science, I'd agree that it is quite unstoppable.
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: guizonde on November 09, 2015, 02:09:08 pm
Quote from: ironbite on November 08, 2015, 06:43:02 pm
*disembowels niam then transforms to robot mode and eye lasers the remains*

Ironbite-what did we learn?

that you lack a sense of humor?

*flees*
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: Art Vandelay on November 09, 2015, 06:23:05 pm
Quote from: RavynousHunter on November 09, 2015, 07:29:44 am
Considering that we're all literally made of science, I'd agree that it is quite unstoppable.
So we're all made out of a method of finding out what we're made of (among other things)?
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: RavynousHunter on November 09, 2015, 09:37:43 pm
Quote from: Art Vandelay on November 09, 2015, 06:23:05 pm
Quote from: RavynousHunter on November 09, 2015, 07:29:44 am
Considering that we're all literally made of science, I'd agree that it is quite unstoppable.
So we're all made out of a method of finding out what we're made of (among other things)?

Life: Ultimately Meta.
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: Ultimate Paragon on November 09, 2015, 09:41:26 pm
Quote from: RavynousHunter on November 09, 2015, 07:29:44 am
Considering that we're all literally made of science, I'd agree that it is quite unstoppable.

Must... resist... Full-Life Consequences joke...
Title: Re: New raptor found!
Post by: niam2023 on November 09, 2015, 11:23:43 pm
Combines are from science and outter space and hate humens.

So we have to be careful with the science we are made of or we will make bad things made of science who will make of the headcrab zombie.