how adorable <3

Aaaaaaw motherlove!

It's adorable!! <3

This scenario is actually a famous fossil :3
As I say that, I cannot for the life of me find the specific example. Grrr
Adorable work non-the-less ^.^

Ohh do you mean this one? http://www.newscientist.com/wp-cont.....6970-1_800.jpg

I think you've found it!

Theyre little raptors alright. Mine love fresh meat. They savage mice if they see em.

I still don't like feathered dinos... but this is VERY cute! :)

That's unfortunate, since that's how they were in reality!

Yes xD I think they are incredible

Have you heard about more recent finds, like Caihong juji? It had iridescent feathers on some parts of its body. ;0;

YESsssssssssssssssssssssssssss ;___________________; so gorgeous I flailed

I was simply voicing a personal preference.

But consider this: When it was first discovered the "reality" was that the iguanodon looked like this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe.....alace_Park.jpg

And for a very long time it was "reality" that sauropods could only live in water because otherwise they wouldn't be able to support their own weight. Or that 2-legged dinosaurs had an upright posture with their tails on the ground for support.

Eventually they'll find something new and the "reality" of what dinos looked like will change again.

We’ve come a long way since those first few fossil finds. You might be amazed by some of the technological advancements we’ve made that let us view dinosaurs — and other animals — with much more accuracy.

I’ve literally studied paleontology, and I’ve considered doing it as a career before in the past. I’m aware of the history of fossil discoveries, and how it’s changed over time.

Dromaeosaurs, like the ones Maquenda drew here, would have undoubtably had feathers. Many bones discovered (in the right conditions for conservation, since the conditions required to fossilize are extremely high) of these types of animals show the quill knobs in the “wings” where feathers would attach, like modern birds. Many more have been discovered with feather imprints (which have different structures than plants/leaves) or direct feathers themselves; some of these animals (Microraptor, Anchiornis, etc.) we can actually deduce the colors of based on the melanosomes visible underneath a microscope.

So yes, you’re correct in that our knowledge of dinosaurs changes all the time. But feathered dinosaurs (at least for some types) aren’t going to be leaving reality any time soon.

Also: https://adam-loves-dinosaurs.tumblr.....quick-reminder

Not all were feathered tho.. I read somewhere it was found scales/skin too

Dromeosaurs (“raptors”) likely all would have been feathered, based on how evolution works and phylogenetic bracketing. Basically, what that means is that we’ve found relatives of these animals that have feathers in fossil evidence, and can then assume that related animals had similar structures.

Dinosaurs that didn’t have feathers were other lineages that weren’t really related to raptors in the first place apart from fitting under the “dinosaur” label.

yeah, thats true. I didn't mean raptors to be not feathered at all. I wonder, for example, if T-rex or such huge guys were feathred (cause there many fun pics with them :D I can't honestly imagine such big creature feeathered), maybe you know some info :3 ?
Scientists still argue about many species back there

T. rex may or may not have been feathered! We have some skin patches from that animal directly, but since they only a couple centimeters long (on an animal that was over 40-feet long) and on areas that could've been featherless anyways (under the tail, bottom of the legs, etc.) it's not super clear. Additionally, if I remember correctly, the skin patches were more like naked skin on a plucked bird, not like the scaly skin of a different reptile. That means it could've been feathered and they didn't preserve on that specific animal, but it's still up for debate.

A recent paper was published about a T. rex relative that could've had a scaly snout. The information is really controversial, though, since the fossil they examined wasn't in fantastic condition -- even for as far as fossils go -- and they might've misinterpreted the evidence in their haste to publish. It depends, though.

This is a great mama alright!

Awww this is so sweet! Not sure if it was intended, but makes me think of symbols in our own lives. Facing the rain to protect what we love <3

All the yes!

Reminds me of the scene in Bambi during "little April shower."
I love this picture so much! It's very very cute.

Time to bring back Utahraptors. Or Rexes. Portable Umbrellas!

(You need to make a print out of this. 8/8 would buy! Okay, well, mostly me and the 7 other voices in my head.)

i want this as a print on my wall sooo badly. its so cute <3

she's doing such a good job

This is just the sweetest thing <3

Can't get over how sweet this is

THIS IS SO GOOD

Treasure <3

I can hear the little raptor clucking!

This is very sweet and clever. Love the rain effect, subtly shown/implied. :)