I am always amazed when I see a bird dive into the water, only to emerge moments later, flying again with a prize fish dinner secured in its beak. The two things, birds and the water, seem opposed to me. So imagine how I feel reading report after report that the frighteningly enormous theropod Spinosaurus (infamous star of Jurassic Park 3 alongside Sam Neill) was basically … [Read more...]
Ugrunaaluk Kuukpikensis Arctic Dinosaur Discovered
Did dinosaurs, like modern reptiles, need to bask in the sun and heat to survive? Or were they warm-blooded, like the birds that would become their only surviving descendants — able to survive in the cold and dark? Erickson and Druckenmiller's new species shows that the answer may be quite complicated. A duck-billed dinosaur similar to Edmontosaurus has been found to live in a … [Read more...]
Did Dinosaurs Get High From Ergot?
Recent research suggests that dinosaurs may perhaps have experienced the mind altering effects of ergot - a drug similar to LSD in it's effects - after a 100 million year old sample of ergot fungus has been discovered. A piece of amber excavated from a mine in Myanmar by German paleontologist Joerg Wunderlich encases a small ergot fungus that sits on top of a grass … [Read more...]
Qijianglong, The Chinese “Dragon” Dinosaur Discovery
If you've been keeping an eye on the news then undoubtedly know that there was a recent dino discovery in China. Although the dinosaur is being referred to as a "dragon" dinosaur, the Qijianglong is actually a Mamenchisauridae thought to have lived during the late Jurassic period. Estimates put this new find at 50 feet long and like most Mamenchisaurids the neck of the … [Read more...]
Dinosaurs And Continental Drift
Strewn Dinosaur Species and Continental Drift It is a fairly well-known concept today that continental drift is responsible for the seven separate continents we have today on Earth (schools of perception vary—some claiming the existence of six or even five continents today; however, this is beside today’s topic). It is also fairly well-known that much of the theory behind … [Read more...]