Dinosaur With Mature Feathers Uncovered in China

AP via Fox News ^ | 3/6/2002

[Dimensio]

One Chinese fossil was shown to be a hoax. It was believed, for a short time, because a lot of feathered dinosaur fossils have been found in China. Most have held up to scrutiny. One even has a forelimbs halfway between a leg and a wing, which makes it about as transitional as you can get.

Bah, don't you get it? One of the fossils was a hoax. That means, logically, that all of the fossils are hoaxes! Creation scientists will prove it too, just like they exposed the last feathered dinosaur hoax and just like they exposed Piltdown Man and just like they've exposed all of the other hoaxes!

[CholeraJoe]

One even has a forelimbs halfway between a leg and a wing, which makes it about as transitional as you can get.

There are birds in South America called chajas with claws on their wings.

[CholeraJoe]

Into an herbivore yes, but not the ground. ;-)

Change it to verbivore and hobbes, dubya and I could have field day with this one.

[elephantlips]

Early road runner

[Howie]

Hell, even Shitzus can fly a little piece. My old Dobie sneaked up one a few days ago while he was marking his territory down at the corner, when she growled at him he flew about ten feet straight up!

[CholeraJoe]

Horned Screamer aka Chaja

[bdub]

I thought I read somewhere the specimen was only 126.500.000 years old Hmmmmm

[VadeRetro]

It's a throwback. If I had one I'd throw it back.

No, here's what I mean:

Confuciusornis sanctus

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

HAHAHAHAHAHA! You present a very real image :-).

[Khepry]

So let me get this, the Birds of Pardise really were dinosaurs with feathers and angels do have wings, only they are really dinosaurs with with wings? Godzilla movies will need to be remade to show the plumage. Juraisic Park was a terrible result of genetic engineering that created a false memory model of monsters - something like the preschool-sex scandals of the 80's may have produced false memories in children. Zacheriah Sitchin's obsession with early Mesopotamian iconography and lost advanced civilizations will be modified from space invaders to theories of ADD (advanced dinosaur development) who left the earth for space after they had created man. Think of the boom of all the children's books that will become obsolete and PBS shows that will have be remade. Of course the Chinese have always had traditions of flying dragons, but even their images will have to be scaled back at little bit.

[ColdSteelTalon]

If you are referring to the theory of evolution you are mistaken. Evolution is full of holes. Even mathematical probability doesn't support it. I'll stick with believing in God. That way if I am wrong it will make no difference.

[CholeraJoe]

The scales were just very prominent feathers and the fire breathing was from eating jalapenos.

[Dimensio]

I'll stick with believing in God. That way if I am wrong it will make no difference.

Actually it might make a big difference if you believe int he wrong god.

[Lurking Libertarian]

If you are referring to the theory of evolution you are mistaken. Evolution is full of holes. Even mathematical probability doesn't support it. I'll stick with believing in God.

Some of us believe in both.

[VikingsRazeAVillage]

"They tell us that we lost our tails......evolving up from little snails. I say it's all, just 'wind in sails'.

Are we not men?

We are DEVO!!!" -------- sorry, I couldn't resist....

[CholeraJoe]

Some of us believe in both.

Ditto.

[Redcloak]

Kinda off topic, but an interesting bit of trivia: All cultures have dragon legends. I don't know a single one that doesn't include the concept of a dragon somewhere.

[LonePalm]

Sounds like bad left-overs to me. Probably tastes like chicken.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LoanPalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[Have Ruck - Will Travel]

Yes, yes, yes, but... Did it TASTE like chicken?

What is the best reason for bringing back the dinosaurs by cloning??? 20 foot tall drumsticks... mmmmmm.