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Has it occured to you that feathered "dinosaurs" might've actually seperate creatures?

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JayHunterBrickwood wrote:

Has it occured to you that feathered "dinosaurs" might've actually seperate creatures?

Briefly.

Then I remember, they always pop up in the geologic ladder, right where they need to be to bridge dinosaurs and birds.

Am I supposed to take that, as a giant coincidence?

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What is their place on the geologic ladder?

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JayHunterBrickwood wrote:

What is their place on the geologic ladder?

Cretaceous/Jurassic.

(Which is very thin slice, of the entire ladder.)

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I don't know, man.

That doesn't look like two creatures to me.

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JayHunterBrickwood wrote:

So we're gonna run out next year? They said it was a fact.

Then they were wrong & it was clearly a poor analysis of the data but I'd really need to watch that for myself. It might be you didn't quite understand what was being stated or simply that the documentary was badly researched & made?

I have no idea of the number of professional scientists in the world at any one time but it's probably a few hundred thousand, working on a wide range of research projects. I hope you see that having a few who are barely competent doesn't discredit the good work of the majority?

If you hear of a case of a doctor who failed to diagnose a serious complaint, does it destroy your confidence in all doctors?

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varelse1 wrote:
JayHunterBrickwood wrote:

Has it occured to you that feathered "dinosaurs" might've actually seperate creatures?

Briefly.

Then I remember, they always pop up in the geologic ladder, right where they need to be to bridge dinosaurs and birds.

Am I supposed to take that, as a giant coincidence?

Not only that, they have all sorts of anatomical relationships with their ancestors, relatives and descendants.

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I skimmed over this thread, apologies if I am repeating anything. Ostriches can run really fast as well as kick. I don't know if they can beat a lion in a sprint but probably in the 10;000 meter. They naturally do not live 10 feet away either. 

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Just thought of something else.

Ostriches needed to protect their nests. From predators who might not eat them, but would eat their eggs.

So the kicking ability need to evolve for that as well.