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The Real Colours Of A Dinosaur Revealed For The First Time

3:00AM February 9, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Readers, meet Anchiornis huxleyi in its true colours, discovered by an international team lead by Li Quanguo of the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Anchiornis huxleyi, here are some readers. And no, you can’t eat them, you oversized chicken, you.

The palaeontology team – who published the results of their study in last issue of Science – obtained 29 melanosomes samples from all over the body of the Anchiornis, comparing them to the feathers of modern birds. The result was an accurate map of the animal’s colours, the first true-to-life picture of a dinosaur.

Now, I only wonder how you taste like, Anchiornis, properly brined and cooked slowly in a thick pan, with some carrots, potatoes and shallots. [National Geographic]

Comments

  • k. skynr

    February 9, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    With the thick feathers on its legs, I would think that it might hold them out as a kind of second set of wings? A great aid in prehistoric flight!

  • hoodoo guru

    February 9, 2010 at 10:31 AM

    Jurassic park just got alot less scary.

  • hazza

    February 9, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    scientists have discovered that dinosaurs were just chickens after all.

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