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Primates climb using their feet as "hands," and hoatzin chicks climb using their "hands" as feet, so why not Archaeopteryx?Related content
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There's a feathered tail ... it's just seen edge on. I was trying a "occassionally not at an angle" type view. Yes, it makes it less distinctive and noted for the feathers, but sometimes happens. It's lifting its tail as a balance; the tail tip has sprayed feathers orienting down, but the ones closer to the base, or "stock" are sideways. I think the feathers may have some independant motion compared to the tail, and may even "spread" and "fold" compared. It's just an idea.
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What happen with the feathers of the tail? the fossils show clearly a totally feathered tail, it is not a simple conceptual inference.
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Man, that's awesome.
But it's not the first time a climbing Archaeopteryx is illustrated: Reichel did it.
And yeah, absolutely: why not?
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cus it was lazy!
oh no wait i got a good one! humans use arms to swim, sloths use arms to swim, why not chimps? aaahahaha! right in your face
good pic
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Yes! Thank you!
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Thats cool! I Love reptiles! Cats and any thing with feathers tie for second.
Yes. Yes it is. I Loke the dawn horse. They have chicken feet!
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I generally like all those little feathered critters.
Archaeopteryx is the one I use as avatar for the paleo communities.
But I really like Microraptor gui. This four-wings little dromaeosaur is just funny. It'd even make a good comics character.
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Congratulations, there are still too many persons who think dinosaurs were all scaly and whatnot.
You're right in your statement: Archaeopteryx, the most ancient known bird, is a dinosaur, like all birds are dinosaurs.
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