Ticks Trapped in Amber Were Likely Sucking Dinosaur Blood

NYT ^ | 12-12-17 | NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR

[G Larry]

Paleontologists have found entombed in amber a 99-million-year-old tick grasping the feather of a dinosaur, providing the first direct evidence that the tiny pests drank dinosaur blood.

Immortalized in the golden gemstone, the bloodsucker’s last supper is remarkable because it is rare to find parasites with their hosts in the fossil record. The finding, which was published Tuesday, gives researchers tantalizing insight into the prehistoric diet of one of today’s most prevalent pests.

[fatez]

Birds are as old the Jurassic, so yes there were birds 99 million years ago.

[G Larry]

Fossils of what, found in China?

[Albion Wilde]

[Kickass Conservative]

Ticks = Democrats.

[fatez]

dinos with feathers...

[G Larry]

ya....notice the tick on the feather in the amber.

NO “proof” its a “dinosaur feather”.

[Oak Leafer]

tax collectors

[G Larry]

Proof?
Source?

[Kartographer]

The Oldest examples of living Demorats!!

[Hot Tabasco]

Ain't no ticks on me

Ain't no ticks on me.....

There might be ticks on some of those chicks but there ain't no ticks on me......

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Somehow a photo of Dinah Shore with a feather boa popped into my mind!

[Blood of Tyrants]

IIRC, all “evidence” of feathered dinosaurs has been proven to be fake.

[fatez]

Just google, all kinds of evidence. I am not trying to pick a fight with you, I thought you might not know of it.

[chaosagent]

Here’s what I was talking about, from the article.

“They determined that the host was more likely a nonavian dinosaur and not a ‘modern bird’ based on molecular dating, which suggested the specimen was at least 25 million years older than modern birds.”

[G Larry]

I understand, I just don’t buy the “evidence”.

Using the scientific method, there ain’t some.