And they have shifty eyes.
Guess what? Scientists have superpowers. They can actually go back in time and tell you what dinosaurs look like. They can tell you where plants and babies come from. They’re like wizards in labcoats.
The most recent development? Scientists have decoded the full-body patterns of a dinosaur, so you can see what it actually looked like while it was breathing. And boy, does it look kinda weird. Like something you’d fight against in a Soul Caliber game, or a giant turkey that frequents dark Hollywood clubs and raves. Basically, completely bizarre.
How did they do this? How did they dig up the cosmetology secrets of the dinosaurs that are dead and gone? They took pigments from protofeathers and analyzed them heavily. So the first dinosaur we have in complete color is the 155-million-year-old Anchiornis huxleyi. It looks like an irritable chicken-monster that will peck out your eyes in your sleep. It looks like Lady Gaga’s guard dog.
My question is, if science has been able to colorize dinosaurs, how long is it until we’ll be able to clone them? I predict at the most, two years, at which point you’ll be able to buy teacup dinosaurs as house-pets, and try to make sure they don’t shred your pillows that you bought at Barney’s.
Enjoy the pictures.
(Image courtesy Chuang Zhao and Lida Xing via National Geographic)
Comments
Akbar Zeb
February 20th, 2010 - 12:30:43 PM
"My question is, if science has been able to colorize dinosaurs, how long is it until we’ll be able to clone them? I predict at the most, two years," You are an idiot. Write about something else.
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