Re: Killer whales and theropods (was Longest Animal?)

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

ASezen wrote:
> Could we teach a dinosuar to say "hello", talking dinos "JP III"
> I have this question, it may have been addressed earlier

I bet if we couldn't get one to 'talk' like a parrot, we could get it to
play the first opening bits from "Begin the Beguin"-that clarinet-type
noise sounds like what scientists have gotten out of honking into
Parasaurolophus heads

> "Chinese scientists found two specimens of carnivorous dinosaur
> in which not only the bones were preserved but the skin,
> the internal organs and even the eggs of dinosaurs-to-be.
> But the thing that had them hopping up and down with joy
> was the skin, It was covered with something that looked
> very much like feathers."
> 
> Have there been any pictures of this, any confirmation of this.
> Sounds like a one up on the Edmonton dino (I am not sure of the spelling here)

I think this might be Sinoseropteryx prima-which seems to have all the
nifty factors in your article (except perhaps skin, though the spiny
'proto feathers' are preserved.)  It is a slab preservation and is much
flatter than the 'Edmonton' dinosaur.  Jeff Poling has some pictures on
his website  http://www.dinosauria.com/

-Betty Cunningham