The first two cards from Magic: the Gathering’s 77’th expansion has been revealed as promos.
Reprinted Silvergill Adept
And the first Elder Dinosaur
Reprinted Silvergill Adept
And the first Elder Dinosaur
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I wish the Silvergill Adept reprint had a different name so I could include two copies of it in my cubes.
The first two cards from Magic: the Gathering’s 77’th expansion has been revealed as promos.
And the first Elder Dinosaur
This card rustles my timmies. I think I'll give it a try as just a big dumb finisher.
Maybe Dinos were cool enough that we don't need fake fantasy Dinos.
Grillo_Parlante
Contributor
Here are some contemporary dipictions on how scientists think T-Rex may have looked:
Rest in Pieces your childhood. Terrible tyrant turkey.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
So on the one hand, you have all of your imagination to come up with cool ass dinosaurs, why was your decision realism?
But on the other hand the feathered look fits really well with the aztec theme so IDK
But on the other hand the feathered look fits really well with the aztec theme so IDK
Grillo_Parlante
Contributor
I think part of it is that the general public really dosen't like how dinosaurs probably actually looked, and there is no real pressure to change because movies like Jurassic World are still showing the more intimidating looking featherless versions. I feel they did a pretty good job walking that line, however.
And if I may shred your childhood even further, t-rex probably didn't roar, most likely it made closed mouthed vocalizations, more similar to the cooing or hooting of a dove, ostrich, or cassowary.
Like this
Science dosen't care about your feelings.
And if I may shred your childhood even further, t-rex probably didn't roar, most likely it made closed mouthed vocalizations, more similar to the cooing or hooting of a dove, ostrich, or cassowary.
Like this
Science dosen't care about your feelings.
Dom Harvey
Contributor
those are cute i want one
I find it way more intimidating and scary if there would be a giant feathered lizard in front of you that's making that kind of noises, still aware that it's so easy for it to kill you, and it wants to hunt you down because it's going to eat you up like a bird eats up a worm.
Grillo_Parlante
Contributor
I don't have any amazing scientific sources. I basically just binge every once in a while. A bunch of those articles started to come out in 2016, and if you do a google search you'll get a lot of articles about the topic from a variety of news publications. If you want a really good source, you probably have to hunt down whatever scientific journal the paper was originally written in.
Actually, new founds make it highly debateable, that T-Rex was that fuzzy. He probably only had small amounts of primitive feathers and/or had them only during a certain life Periode, like a young bird today looks different as a new born. I love feathered dinos, but a T-Rex that fluffy is probably false.
BUT there were for sure fully feathered tyrannosaurids, like my favorite, Yutyrannus:
Also, all raptors were feathered, like these guys:
What is completely fantasy though, is Stegosaurs or Ankylosaurs with feathers.
BUT there were for sure fully feathered tyrannosaurids, like my favorite, Yutyrannus:
Also, all raptors were feathered, like these guys:
What is completely fantasy though, is Stegosaurs or Ankylosaurs with feathers.
Turkey-Rex is definitely raping my childhood pretty hard. Some of this I imagine is extremely difficult to prove one way or the other without a time machine. Years back I remember science suggesting t-Rex didn't hunt at all and was a slow moving 10 ton vulture. Then she got hunter status back. It's all rather like the egg. It's good for you! It's bad for you! Ok, maybe you can have some just not 50 a week? What would the evolutionary benefit be for t-rex looking like a peacock? Couldn't find a female so needed to standout? It's like 15 feet tall and has a wrecking ball for a head. T-Rex ancestors not getting the ladies so needed to upgrade the bling?
Grillo_Parlante
Contributor
If you're actually interested this is a pretty good summary
And here is a good summary of the skin impression controversy from the same guy
There are limited skin impressions for theropod dinosaurs in general, but if we're still using phylogenetics as a scientific huristic (which we should), and based on what we know from some of t-rexes relatives (like the aformentioned Yutyrannus) means you should be ready psychologically for at least the possibility of a feather rex, as more skin impressions are found for these animals.
Grillo_Parlante
Contributor
Yeah, thats more or less what he says in the second video, that T-rex was probably not super fluffy like Yutyrannus, because skin impressions shows that Yutyrannus had feathers in spots where we know t-rex didn't. But the media response to that study was overblown, basically tossing the idea of t-rex having feathers at all down the drain, which wasn't really a claim being made.