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[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 28 points 1 year ago (3 children) Don't ruin my dream of fluffy dinosaurs 😭 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Smaller dinosaurs might have had fluff, bigger ones probably didn't, like most big mammals. Bigger body, more heat to dissipate, but less relative surface to do so; the square-cube law can be a bit of a bitch, for big (probably at least somewhat) endothermic critters. Giraffes have hair, though, and woolly mammoths were a thing, so big fluffy dinosaurs might have been a thing, especially in colder climates. Also, looking at bird behaviour, I wouldn't be surprised if even mostly bald dinos had some colorful feathers on their arms, tail, or head for displaying... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago pretty sure we know basically 100% for certain that some species of T.Rex relatives were fluffy, the ones living in the arctic specifically iirc. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago It is thought now that dinosaurs had a sort of fluff. Like feathers but not evolved to fly with yet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Smaller dinosaurs might have had fluff, bigger ones probably didn't, like most big mammals. Bigger body, more heat to dissipate, but less relative surface to do so; the square-cube law can be a bit of a bitch, for big (probably at least somewhat) endothermic critters. Giraffes have hair, though, and woolly mammoths were a thing, so big fluffy dinosaurs might have been a thing, especially in colder climates. Also, looking at bird behaviour, I wouldn't be surprised if even mostly bald dinos had some colorful feathers on their arms, tail, or head for displaying... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago pretty sure we know basically 100% for certain that some species of T.Rex relatives were fluffy, the ones living in the arctic specifically iirc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago pretty sure we know basically 100% for certain that some species of T.Rex relatives were fluffy, the ones living in the arctic specifically iirc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hector@lemmy.today 5 points 1 year ago It is thought now that dinosaurs had a sort of fluff. Like feathers but not evolved to fly with yet. permalink fedilink source parent