Six Evidences Chickens are the Incarnations of Evolved Dinosaurs
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VIVA – Scientists may look around the modern world for dinosaurs' closest living relatives. It's possible that instead of T. Rex, they could have used one of their closest relatives, the chicken.
We tend to think dinosaurs went extinct after a catastrophic event 66 million years ago. Though this only applies to some of them. At least some types of bird dinosaurs survived to evolve. Dinosaurs appeared between 243 and 233 million years ago in the Triassic period. They ruled the earth for millions years before the asteroid hit the Yucatan peninsula.
Well, even this statement reads weird, but here are some evidences that explains about chickens are the incarnation of the evolved dinosaurs.
1. Tyrant King of Chickens
Jenis-Jenis Dinosaurus.
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Montana is rich in dinosaur fossils, and in 2003, Doctor Jack Horner discovered a T-Rex femur. An amazing find, but too big to fit inside a Horner helicopter. Taking a practical approach, he broke his femur in half and took it to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.
In North Carolina, paleontologist, Doctor Mary H. Schweitzer, began working on the bone. He found soft tissue inside.
Unfortunately, any DNA has long been degraded, but Doctor Schweitzer was able to run tests on proteins in soft tissues. Analysis showed that Tyrannosaurus Rex was more closely related to ostriches and chickens than to any living reptile.
2. Eggs
Penampakan dinosaurus mini mirip burung.
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As far as research goes, dinosaurs laid eggs like modern chickens. The fossil record is incomplete, but scientists are fairly certain that all dinosaurs laid eggs. Because if we use T. Rex as an example of the ancestor of the chicken.
Other theropod nests have been found. If T. Rex followed the same pattern. Most of the hatchlings will not reach their first birthday, but those that survive will gain about 771 kilograms. A newly hatched T. Rex would have been about the same size as a modern turkey or locally known as Kalkun.
3. By Feet
Dinosaurus Yang Paling Ganas
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Seen from the feet, dinosaurs tended to have three-toed feet that are very similar to modern birds and chickens. Analysis of the fossil footprints shows that they too moved in the same way. Early discoverers of dinosaur tracks often assumed that they were looking at bird tracks.
4. Able to Parenting
Dinosaurus.
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Chickens are known to watch over their children, teach them how to scratch food, protect them from harm, and more. There is fossil evidence to suggest that at least some dinosaurs behaved in the same way.
Even a baby T. Rex needs to be cared for until it can take care of itself; it needs to learn about the world around it and seek protection from its mother. Some paleontologists have suggested that juvenile T. rex may experience phases when hunting differently than full adults.
5. The Airbag System
Ilustrasi T-Rex.
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If you've ever picked up chicken, you'll notice that it's lighter than it should be. This is because birds have air sacs that extend from their respiratory systems.
This system makes breathing more efficient, which is especially useful when a bird needs to exert themselves and make their body lighter.
But chickens and other birds did not develop this system, they inherited it from the dinosaurs. Some dinosaurs were small, but others reached truly extraordinary sizes. Argentinosaurus, for example, was at least 30 meters long and weighed at least 72 tons.
6. Seen from the Wings
Dineobellator, dinosaurus temuan baru
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Chicken wings evolved from the short arms that animals use to catch small prey because their ancestors jumped into the air to pick up objects on them. Chickens are a good example of this early stage of the process because they often flap rather than fly properly.
If you take a closer look at the chicken's wings, you'll notice that they're just a bunch of fingers fused and folded on the arm bone, like its dinosaur relative, Velociraptor.
