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The prehistoric pigeon: Small bird that flew above the dinosaurs 120 million years ago [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^
| November 15, 2019
| Sophie Curtis
Posted on 11/15/2019 6:28:15 AM PST by C19fan
Remains of one of the world's first birds that flew above the dinosaurs 120 million years ago have been unearthed in Japan.
About the size of a pigeon, the creature had grey and brown feathers. It could shake its tail, and possibly flap its wings, according to scientists.
Named Fukuipteryx prima, its remarkably preserved bones were found entombed in rock that dates back to the Early Cretaceous period.
This is the period when real birds were beginning to appear. Fukuipteryx is the first primitive bird from this time found outside China.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: birds; cretaceous; dinosaurs; fukuipteryxprima; godsgravesglyphs; paleontology
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:28:15 AM PST
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C19fan
To: C19fan; Uversabound; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; ...
I wonder what kind of deal they had with the dinosauers?
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:32:19 AM PST
by
Gamecock
(Time is short Eternity is long It is reasonable that this short life be lived in light of eternity)
To: C19fan
Dodo. Actually an extinct flightless pigeon
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:37:22 AM PST
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Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:38:37 AM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
It’s be awful to be a bird that couldn’t fly.
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:40:45 AM PST
by
boycott
To: Gamecock
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11/15/2019 6:41:03 AM PST
by
boycott
To: Vaquero
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:43:11 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Gamecock
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
11/15/2019 6:51:25 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: C19fan
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:03:38 AM PST
by
null and void
(Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
To: C19fan
A lot of democrat presidential contenders are like the prehistoric pigeons...
To: null and void
Science is amazing!!! I mean wow, to be able to tell the color of the feathers from some petrified bones, is beyond amazing.
To: Pocketdoor
If you believe that, they’ll tell you another one. Naah! They’ll probably tell us more, regardless.
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11/15/2019 7:20:10 AM PST
by
Tucker39
("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
To: Pocketdoor
The artist got it wrong. It was blue.
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:30:24 AM PST
by
null and void
(Convicted spies are shot, traitors are hanged, saboteurs are subject to summary execution...)
To: Pocketdoor
Clever.
If you were painting the bird what color would you use..
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:35:04 AM PST
by
Balding_Eagle
( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: Pocketdoor
Clever.
If you were painting the bird what color would you use..
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:39:56 AM PST
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Balding_Eagle
( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: Balding_Eagle
Hot pink, with fluorescent green for the flight feathers.
No less believable...
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:40:48 AM PST
by
Don W
(When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: dfwgator
After seeing that, I bet John Kruk was happy he ducked at the 1993 all-star game.
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:43:12 AM PST
by
EvilCapitalist
(If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
To: C19fan
One of the first birds until they find older birds.
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posted on
11/15/2019 7:57:02 AM PST
by
bgill
To: Balding_Eagle
Most of my pigeons are blue. So I would paint it blue with dark blue bars on the wings.
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