Dinosaurs in color

[Paul Hamilton]

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/02/dinosaur-fossil-reveals-true-feather-colors/

It looks like feathers preceded flight, and may have served to intimidate potential predators, startle prey, or attract a mate.  The Late Jurassic in China seems to have been a colorful time and place.

Paul

[valhalla]

This is so cool!  I always refer to humingbirds as little T-Rexes.  Guess I'm more in that ballpark than I knew.  

This dino look a lot like a vulture in flight.