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Today at home: evolution of microbiology palaeofail sketchshoppe Follow Follow Unfollow Unfollow palaeofailBANDits behaving badlydinosaurcladogrami am at a loss for wordssubmission microbiologycladogramsbiologypre Trying to get back into this - here is Palaeognaths, one of the two major divisions (ie, the first 102 notes medstudyblrstudysuccessstaedtlermotivateddreamsdoctormdprettycolorsweekendsaturdaybookstealove division) in modern birds (Neornithes) Reblog 67 notes cladocircles Reblog Cladocircles for all of life on Earth Follow Are you a Birdie Dinosaur or a Beefy Dinosaur? Mesozoic...we have a problem Unfollow Hey guys, birdsdinosaursratitesostrichescassowaryemutinamousmoalithornithidselephant Hi, everyone! birdskiwicladocirclecladogramphylogeneticssystematicstaxonomycladistics We’re really sorry we haven’t posted in a while! Truth be told, I (Meg) tried to make a circle for Sauropsida but boy… is it a huge clade or WHAT… my application kept crashing! And John 105 notes First, I want to thank you your support to my drawings and your time for reading this. has also been quite busy. We’ll try to get out more circles soon! Reblog Ok, so right now I’m really busy so I couldn’t submit anything. But don’t worry. You will have drawing soon. Just be patiente. Love, Meg and John However, today I’d like to discuss something different. Let’s talk about a real problem…dinosaur recreations. Yeah, I know. It is not a life or death problem but it is important and I will show you why. Dinosaurs are one of the more recognizable and well-known groups of vertebrates in the Fossil Record and in pop-culture. It’s something mysterious in dinosaurs that call our attention. Is it because they look like dragons? Or maybe because there is some kind of genetic (Cladogram by @franzanth) memory from our little furball ancestors, a primitive fear for those creatures that chased us in the past and is still present today in form of fascination? 2 Who knows… a-dinosaur-a-day Follow The annoying thing about David Peters is that he focuses on random select species for his very With new technololigies some crazy dudes thought it would be a great idea to add dinosaurs in a film. So the dinosaur fever begins. Unfollow broad cladograms, so in his head Spoonbills are just classified as being “with storks” and moving the befuckeningare you an x or ydinosaurspalaeoblrbirdsornithoscelida them to be related to ducks only effects the spoonbills, when in reality this type of change in One of the first films to show dinosaurs was The Lost World from 1925. 349 notes classification would effect the entirety of pelecaniformes and a lot of water birds in general Reblog Expand dimetrodone natalia-dinodrawer Follow Follow Unfollow Unfollow 36 notes dinosaurdinosaursjurassic parkeaglesvulturesfeathersfeathered dinosaurspaleoartpaleontologybiologyreflectiondino-drawerpaleontologistthe lost Reblog worldpaleoartistraptorsvelociraptortrextyrannosaurusaccuratearchaeopteryxmicroraptorjptheropodpop cultureanimalspastmesozoicbirdreptile 89 notes Reblog anonymous asked: How about Cici with appendicitis and assuming it's just a bad stomach flu, so not bothering to tell anyone that she's sick until she passes out or 9 someone finds her with a super high fever? anonymous asked: last year i turned in a genetics report on mothman for ACIS 1B. i got an A+ on this hey the animated art you make with live2d is really cool and i was wondering how to install it (i thing. tried but idk if it was the right thing?) and if you had any tips on how to use it? anyway your art is really cool bye Ahhh you guys I’ve been excited for this fic for forever! It’s my first multi-chapter sickfic, and it’s the whole saga of the time Cici got appendicitis, pedrazar which includes a ton of plot and family and backstory stuff too. There will probably be three parts, although there could be more if it gets super long. Follow This is the first part, and it doesn’t really have anything in common with this prompt (sorry!!) but the next installment should be more similar. I hate to Unfollow deviate from a prompt, but I’ve had this story in my head for ages, and as I’m sure you can tell I’ve really been looking forward to writing it! my artsalad dadmothmancryptozoologycryptidsmoth manx aaa thank u!! if u need help with live2d u can always talk to me about it!! Also: BIG child abuse tw for this fic. The abuser is never actually physically present, but abuse and neglect are still a really big part of the story. filesthe x filestheres info in the captions Keep yourselves safe, guys <3 everything u asked for is under the cut :0 its really long but im pretty sure i covered all the basics so.popularmarks photos 547 notes You would think that David Peters would have Part 2 - - - - - Part 3 Keep reading Reblog enough self awareness to think about how weird it is that it seems all tetrapod specialists tecchen of every sort seem to have cladograms that all When Alan had first met Cici, he hadn’t understood why she had so much trouble showing weakness. Sure, he wasn’t exactly vulnerable either, but Follow consistently contradict his own, that maybe he if he fell the wrong way during a tackle or some shit, he had no problem admitting that it hurt. She took it to a completely different level. Any Unfollow might be the one messing up some things discussion of pain – physical, emotional, whatever – was practically like a confession. She wouldn’t rest up either, even, until someone near forced not artasklive2dtutorialAnonymous Expand her. It didn’t make any sense. 99 notes dimetrodone emetofeels Reblog Follow It had taken awhile to get the truth out of her. There wasn’t one day when she told the whole story; hell, he wasn’t even sure if the story he had was Follow Unfollow complete. But there was only so long he could believe the lies she made up about where she kept getting all those bruises. And since she lived alone Unfollow 37 notes with her mom and always refused to have anyone over, it wasn’t too hard to figure out. askmineanonmy writingcici's appendicitis sagacicialanemetoemetophiliavomitingfemale vomitingsickficappendicitisocsoc writingoriginal Today this look so inaccurate that I’m trying not to jump throw the window. However we have to understand that science is not always the same. It Reblog characterschild abuse // changes and the knowledge and hypothesis paleontologist had in that time were completely different to today. In fact, these dinos looks pretty Cici had told him a million reasons why her mom did it. Her older brother had died years ago, in a drug deal gone wrong, and apparently, her mom 29 notes accurate if we compare them with the paleoart of the time. blamed her for that. And her dad had left too, shortly after, which was somehow also supposed to be Cici’s fault. But it was all bullshit anyway. Her Reblog dad only left because he wasn’t her real dad at all; her mom had cheated and lied about Cici’s parentage for years. Her brother had only started dealing to raise the money to buy a place and get her the hell out of that house. Alan couldn’t really blame the guy anyway. He would have given anything to get her out of there. But Cici was insistent that she stay, so she stayed. And if he couldn’t get her to leave, the least Alan could do was help her handle it. They had systems now, strategies for getting around all the rules she wouldn’t dare be caught breaking. And he’d gotten uncannily good at figuring out when something was going on with her. She could fool everyone else nearly all the time, but not him. So when Cici walked up to their usual bench at break one February day, just like she always did, Alan knew something was wrong, even if he didn’t know what. He kissed her as she sat down next to him, but quickly pulled away so they could talk. “Hey,” he said, a little softer than normal. “How’s today?” “How’s today” was his usual greeting when he was worried about her. He used to ask if she was okay, but she’d always reflexively respond that she The Bird Political Spectrum! Find out where you stand on this COMPLETELY ARBITRARY ISSUE THAT HAS NO CORRECT ANSWER AND was fine, even if she wasn’t meaning to lie. Even asking how she was was complicated, because sometimes, she honestly didn’t know. What was a Pictured is the evolutionary tree of fishes in the 3 CHANGES NOTHING ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE PHYLOGENETICALLY PLACED, LOOKED, OR BEHAVED bad day in a good week in a bad month in a good year in a terrible life? Milstein Hall of Ocean Life. Is my love for biology and pretty highlighters showing? Keep reading “Pretty good,” Cici replied shortly. “You?” An evolutionary tree, or cladogram, shows which I’m trying to get ahead on textbook notes (for bio at least). In the lecture today, we had to draw species or groups of species are most closely a-dinosaur-a-day cladograms which is actually much simpler than it seems “Yeah, good,” Alan said. “You sure?” related. Species that branch from a common point Follow or node share similar features because they miicrobes Unfollow “Yeah, why?” descended from a common ancestor. This series of Follow birdswhat are nested groups ultimately leads back to the common Unfollow birdsdinosaurspterosaursavemetatarsaliapaleontologyclassificationbirddinosauromorphatheropodscoelurosaursmaniraptoriformspennaraptoraavialaearchaeopteryxbird “Just checking.” Expand ancestor of them all. (this is actually from yesterday oops)studyblrstudyspoelkstudiesacademlaheystudiyngmine political spectrumbird communism amnhnyc 124 notes She shook her head. “My stomach hurts a little, I guess. But barely.” 310 notes Follow This evolutionary tree displays vertebrates. Like Reblog Reblog Unfollow So these creatures impacted the public so hard that the dinosaur fever continue. most major evolutionary groups, vertebrates He frowned, and she rolled her eyes. “It’s nothing, honestly. I’d tell you.” ScienceEvolutionFishFishesCladogramevolutionary originated in the sea. All vertebrate species, treetaxonomy And how can we talk about dinosaur reconstruction without talking about Jurassic Park? “Okay,” Alan said, a little skeptically. “You mean like, you feel sick?” including humans, descended from these early 221 notes fishlike creatures. Reblog Cici shrugged. “I guess.” All vertebrates evolved from a single common He kissed her on the forehead, trying to subtly gage for a fever. She didn’t have one. And he’d seen her incredibly nauseous before, and she didn’t ancestor and share certain inherited characteristics, have that look. He let himself relax. most notably a backbone. Descendants of the first vertebrate evolved new features as they branched “Okay. Do you want to go home or stay?” off the tree, creating the diverse group of more than He knew the answer to that, but he always felt bad not asking. As expected, Cici looked half amused. 50,000 vertebrate species alive today. In the upper-right hand corner of the diagram are the lobefin fishes. Although just a few species of this group are still living today, their lineage is of “Did you ask?” tremendous importance. All four-limbed This was Bakker’s cladogram. Around the same time, Paul was saying therizinosaurs were phytodinosaurs too. “No, not worth it,” she answered. “Didn’t even feel it when I left. I’m fine.” vertebrates–including humans– evolved from early lobefin fishes. Of course therizinosaurs are phytodinosaurs! So are silesaurids. You see, birds are actually evolved titanosaurs, and nodosaurs are derived birds. Alan decided to let the subject drop, but that didn’t stop the rush of anger that surged through him. Of all the things Cici’s mom did, this was the one If you live under a rock and don’t like dinos (wtf are you doing here then?) you maybe don’t know this film…but let’s be honest. That is Proboscipoda forever! that might get to him the most, if only because he had to see it. He was never around when the worst things happened, but he’d lost count of the At the left-hand side of the diagram is the very impossible…(I will talk about it anyway…because I want). cladocircles times when he’d seen her show up to school looking like she was about to collapse, and insisting that he had to get through the day. And Cici would successful rayfin group. A group of tremendous palaeofail-explained Follow Jurassic Park was a film released in 1993 and based in the novel with the same name written by Michael Crichton. The movie, directed by Steven call herself weak, and make excuses for that too, but Alan couldn’t stand to hear her talk like that. As far as he was concerned, Marilyn Williams diversity, rayfins have evolved to fill nearly every Follow Unfollow Spielberg (God bless you, man), have some of the best special effects ever made. could go straight to hell, and he wouldn’t mind being the one to send her there either. aquatic habitat on Earth. Unfollow lifetree of David Peters frusterates me a lot cause this this is a jokesubmission lifebacteriaeukaryotesarchaeaevolutionbiologycladisticscladogramscladocirclemitochondriachloroplastscienceeubacteriaeukaryota They didn’t talk much during break, besides a few quick complaints about their first two classes. Now that he was aware of what was wrong, Alan cladogram he made looks completely okay as a 57 notes 88 notes couldn’t help noticing the way that Cici curled in on herself slightly, protecting her stomach. When the bell rang and she started to walk toward her reliable resource to 99.8% of people, but the Reblog Reblog third period, he saw that her standing posture was slightly hunched. Worry flared through him again. shit in it is the equivelent of someone claiming that otters are the closest relatives to lions. “You sure you’re okay?” anonymous asked: dimetrodone “I’m fine,” she insisted, and walked off. Follow What got you interested in anthropology? Unfollow As much as it hurt to see Cici even a little bit sick, Alan had to admit to himself that she did look pretty alright. Maybe she’d just eaten something off, David peters or she was stressed out, and whatever it was would be gone within the hour. 197 notes Reblog But when Cici took her seat next to him in fourth-period bio, she didn’t look better – she looked about five times worse. The hunch to her walk, which had barely been noticeable, was now pronounced, and when she got to her chair she drew her knees up to her chest with a slight grimace. Short story: My passion for evolution, bones, and questioning authority :) She’d barely made it on time, and the bell rung before Alan could say anything, but the second Mr. Richards handed them their worksheets for the Long story: day, he turned to her. “Yeah, not going to happen.”
I went to a private, conservative jewish elementary school for six agonizing years. Along with the “What is it?” he asked, as quietly as he could. Even if her discomfort was probably obvious to half the class by now, she would hate him pointing it normal things kids are taught (like science, math, english, history), we also had an extra 2-3 hours out. Look at that T.rex and tell me it’s not real. Come on! Do it (ok, it is highly inaccurate but we’re going to that later). of Hebrew lessons and Jewish life/torah lessons. I questioned religion HEAVILY, starting at “Told you. Stomach hurts,” she muttered. “I’m fine.” around fourth grade. I specifically remember asking my Judaica teacher how Cain & Abel could Jurassic Park count with the colaboration of two great paleontologist: John R. Horner (Alan Grant character is based in this dude) and Robert T. have kids if they were the only people on the planet. Her answer? God made more people. Say Bakker. “Yeah, but how bad is it?” what now? Anyway, the logistics of the Torah made no sense. My parents are pretty liberal a-dinosaur-a-day agnostic hippies, and their idea of sending me to the school was to expose me to my jewish This movie had so much impact that the world hasn’t been the same since it appeared. People became crazy with dinos. Those creatures were so Follow She made a noncommittal motion with her head. identity and heritage; that this was the “better alternative” than wasting my Sundays away in freaking cool! Unfollow hebrew school. ANYWAY, anthropology taught me that it is perfectly fine to question things! “Cici, come on.” dinosaurscladocirclebirdevolutionpaleontologycladogramcladisticsdinosauriatheropodssaurischianssauropodsornithischiansyou guys wanted ithere it Especially my own way of seeing things, of which I had already been doing for the majority of I’m part of the generation of kids that Jurassic Park makes them wish to be a paleontologist…Well, in my case it was Walking with Dinosaurs istook me forever to plan thoughcouldn't decide on the important my life. Questions are the pathways of creating knowledge and advancing the human scope of “I don’t know. I’m probably getting a little sick,” she admitted. “But there’s no way in hell she’d let me go home for this, so it doesn’t matter. from 1999 but we are leaving the topic. cladesraptorsprosauropodstyrannosaurusceratopsiansornithopodshadrosaursstegosaurusankylosaurusbased off of albertonykus'looselyjust updatedand Expand seeing and imaging the world! No stupid questions! School’s half over already.” less about birds and more about all dinosaurs anthropologydaily 496 notes Follow In high school I remembered my favorite biology teacher was going to teach a course on Alan desperately wanted to be able to argue with her. He’d done it before, early in their relationship, when he didn’t understand just how bad things Reblog Unfollow anthropology, so I went ahead and enrolled for it because I wanted to take another class with her. cladocircles were at her house. But it never did anything but make her more stressed, so now he tended to save his insistence for really bad cases, even if it would 61 notes Unfortunately, I found out that the class ended up being canceled a month before summer ended. Follow probably be obvious to anyone else that she should go home now. Reblog As I went onto university, the first class I enrolled for was an under division anthropology course Unfollow So Alan stayed quiet through bio, occasionally giving Cici’s hand a squeeze when a shadow of what she was feeling passed over her face. Today on the introduction to human evolution. I wanted to see what I was missing. Up until this point I birdsavialaedinosaurscladogramevolutionbiologyarchaeopteryxavesneornitheshesperorniscladocircleeuavialaeornthiothoracesenantiorntheseuornithesornithuromorphaornithuraeavebrevicaudapygostyliaeuenantiornitheseoenantiornithiformesconfuciusornithidaehesperornithesavisauridaebohaiornithidaelongipterygidaegobipterygidaepengornithidiaesonglingornithidaehongshanornithidae they were working on some cladogram bullshit Alan didn’t understand at all, and since he felt bad asking Cici to explain it like usual, he had nothing thought I would major in art (much against my mother’s advice). This class was taught by 90 notes to do but watch her eyebrows slowly knit closer and closer together. Adrienne Zihlman, oh you know, basically one of the founders of feminist anthropology in the Reblog field of human evolution. She also made this neat coloring book. I mean how many other A wince was the only warning he got before Cici abruptly ran from the room, going as fast as she could while half bent over. Alan swore under his university students could say that one of their first textbooks was a coloring book? breath, then quickly began returning both of their belongings to their backpacks before swinging both over his shoulder. Nevertheless, there is a dark side in Jurassic Park. Although great paleontologists participate the truth is that Jurassic Park has a lot of inaccuracies. This should not be a problem. It is a movie and it’s main objetive is entertain…right? Well…there is a problem…a real problem…and here is when “Class isn’t over, Alan,” Mr. Richards said, as Alan too made for the door. cladocircles we arrive to the real issue. Follow “So fucking mark me absent,” Alan retorted, and left the room without another word. Unfollow Because of the film was so succesfull people absorbed those dinosaurs representations and refuses to see these creatures in other way. dinosaurstheropodsbirdsraptorstyrannosaurusevolutionbiologypaleontologycladogramcladocircletheropodacoelurosauriaavtheropodapennaraptoramaniraptoratyrannoraptoraparavesavialaecarnosauriamegalosauroideaceratosauriadilophosauridaecoelophysoideaherrerasauridaespinosauridaemegalosauridaecarcharodontosauriatyrannosauroideacompsognathidaeoviraptorosauria He had assumed Cici would go to the nearest girl’s bathroom, so he was surprised when he found her immediately. She was doubled over on the 307 notes Now, we are in the middle of the Dinosaur Renaissance. A revolution in all we knew about these animals. And one of the more, if not the most, grass by the path to the science building, clutching her abdomen with both hands as she retched up a watery stream of vomit. Alan dropped both Reblog controversial matter that appears over the years is the feather. backpacks and was at her side in an instant, rubbing her back soothingly as she convulsed with another heave. “You’re okay,” he murmured. Cici let out a small, pained noise before she gagged up another mouthful of sick onto the grass in front of her. It left a Yes, guys. We are going to talk about feathers and birds. physical ache in Alan’s chest. “It’s gonna be okay.” © Tumblr, Inc. Help He watched, feeling helpless, as she retched again, still hugging her stomach, her face completely tense. Soon, her nausea seemed to settle a bit, but About her expression didn’t return to normal until she turned to him, and then he was sure she was just faking. Apps “You want to sit down for a second, or are you ready to go?” Alan asked, as casually as he could. Of course, there was a third choice contained Developers within both of the first two, and it was obvious that Cici noticed. Themes “You can’t stay here like this,” he said, when she hesitated for a moment. “Not when it’s this bad, you know that. I think she knows that too.” Jobs Legal She nodded slowly, fear evident behind her eyes. Terms Copyright “Yeah,” she said breathlessly, reaching into her pocket. “I’ll…I’ll ask.” Privacy English Cici didn’t let Alan hear what was happening on the other end of the line, but he could follow the conversation pretty well from her words and the Deutsch look on her face. He couldn’t stand the way she got when she talked to her mother. Her voice was higher, softer, less confident, and her posture Français became defensive – even more than it already had been today. Italiano “I’m sorry for calling,” were the first words out of her mouth. “I…I’m sorry. I’m at school, and I just threw up, I’m sorry, so I don’t know if I can Türkçe stay. Is there any way I can just go home early? I can get all the work.” Español There was a long pause, and Cici’s face tightened even more, then relaxed. Pусский Polski “Thank you,” she said quickly. “Thank you, I’m sorry, I’ll stay out of your way.” Português (PT) Português (BR) After another pause, she hung up, relief evident on her face. Nederlands “Everything okay?” Alan asked. He could barely get the words out. No, everything was not fucking okay, not as long as she had to ask for fucking Anyway, I was enthralled by human evolution after taking her class. She was also a tough permission to go home when she was incredibly sick. And the rule was one thing, that he could almost live with. But the way that bitch made Cici professor, which made me even more motivated to do well in her class. Everything she said was () sound like a different person, like some terrified fucking little girl – that was what he couldn’t handle. Fury coursed through him, stiffening every part blowing my mind, and after that first lecture I knew I would major in anthropology () of his body, but he pushed it down. Two years ago, he would’ve lost it at something like this. But that was before he knew her. And right now, the Bahasa Indonesia last thing Cici needed was one more person who could blow up at any second. What kept me in interested in anthropology? BONES. “Yeah,” Cici replied. “Here, I’ll take my bag.” You'll never be bored again. Sign up for Tumblr “I got it.” She frowned. “Don’t skip to drive me.” “Well, you’re not taking the bus like this,” Alan said firmly. “And you act like I want to go to bio. Let’s go to the office real quick and then get out of here.” It was barely ten minutes before they were both in Alan’s car, Alan driving the familiar route north, and Cici hugging her legs to her chest. She seemed more relaxed though, at least, now that she wasn’t at school, though based on where they were driving Alan didn’t know if that would last long. Since XIX century we knew the existence of dinosaurs with feathers. Archaeopteryx lithographica. And don’t tell me it is a bird because guys… birds are dinosaurs. No. Really. Look at this cladogram (family tree). “Okay, I texted Lauren,” she said. “I think it’s mostly just shooting drills today, so I should be fine. And then I should be back for practice Monday.” She sighed, half wincing again. “You know, it’s weird. I don’t really feel sick.” Alan raised his eyebrows. “I’m pretty sure you’re sick.” “Yeah, I know, but I don’t feel sick sick,” she replied. “I mean, do I have a fever? I don’t feel like I have a fever.” The light halfway down the block turned red, and as Alan slowed to a stop, he reached out and touched her forehead. It was a little warm now, warmer than this morning, but not too bad. Nothing like the fevers he’d seen Cici spike with this kind of thing before. “Maybe a little one,” he replied. He almost smiled. Maybe, for once, it wouldn’t get bad. It was Friday, so Cici would have the whole weekend to rest. Maybe her mom would just let her be, and it would be a mild sickness that wouldn’t be so bad to deal with on her own. Maybe… The drive to Cici’s house from school was always a bit long, since she lived right near the edge of the district, and the roads between there and school were often heavy with traffic. It seemed even longer than usual today, because after a few minutes, Cici had gone very quiet. In the glances he risked at stoplights, Alan saw that she kept glancing at the plastic bag he had supplied her with. Too soon, he heard her retch dryly, then let out a tiny groan that sounded unlike her. As quickly as he could, he turned onto a side street and pulled over, murmuring comforting words as he waited for the light to change. By the time he could actually get a good look at her, Cici was gagging up yellow bile, her face strained and her hands wrapped around her stomach. Alan rubbed a hand across her back as best he could from his seat. “Sorry,” he said softly. “You’re okay.” She seemed to mostly be finished, or at least empty, but she didn’t look any less nauseous for it. She looked at him for a moment, then doubled over suddenly, hands moving to a spot near her right hip. “Fuck,” she hissed, squeezing her eyes shut. The retch came a second later, dry and painful, and even after she was finished it took her a while to lift her head. Alan quickly took the bag from her, tossing it out the window. That was the last shit he needed to worry about right now. All in all, this is actually a great and funny question, because my mom just showed me this picture “Are you okay?” he asked, feeling the worry begin to mount again. Cici was still clutching at her lower right side, grimacing. of myself earlier today. “Yeah, just…” she paused with a slight wince, seeming less like she was trying to be stoic and more just confused. “Just cramps, I guess.” “Like, cramps?” Birds are dinos as well as we are primates. “No. Just my stomach, I think,” she replied. She straightened up, though Alan saw another wave of pain cross her face. “Weird.” Why did she sound so uncertain? His mind raced with a million possibilities, but he forced himself to push them down. Cici was right when she said So, if birds are dinosaurs…and birds have feathers…it is not hard to guess that dinos could have feathers. And it’s true. A lot of precious fossils have appeared over the years with exquisite preservation. he worried too much sometimes. Often, it was necessary, but now, other than a little extra pain, it seemed like she just had a mild stomach flu. “You okay to keep driving?” Alan asked calmly, and she nodded. He emptied another plastic bag from her lunchbox and gave it to her, then handed her her water bottle and an ibuprofen from the container in the glove compartment. He usually kept a few meds with him, since that was another thing Cici’s mom never let her have. “You should drink something. And that might help with the cramps,” he told her. She nodded and took a sip of the water, seeming optimistic. He felt optimistic too, or at least, he was trying to. At least until she threw up the water and medicine just two blocks from her house. This time, she stayed doubled over until the end of the ride. “You can come to my place, you know,” Alan offered, doing his best not to seem concerned. “It’s a mom week. And she always loves having you around, especially if she gets to take care of you.” He punctuated the sentence with a laugh, but it rang out hollow. Cici had stayed at his house when she was sick a few times, when her mom had decided she just didn’t want her around. And Alan’s mom had loved it, and Veronica had too, but that didn’t change the fact that it should never Check out that outdated 90s cladogram! have had to happen at all. I hope that answered your question! Keep asking more. “I’m already pushing it,” Cici replied flatly. Her voice had lost a bit of its usual sharp, deliberate quality over the course of the ride. “Thanks though. I Fossils that even a person who knows nothing about paleontology could guess that those structures could be feathers. love you.” ALSO A HUGE THANK YOU to all my lovely followers! I started this blog as a way to keep So, due to the new data, paleoartists do their thing. my favorite Anthropology articles in a single place in 2011. Now AnthropologyDaily is 5,000 “Love you too,” Alan said. His chest ached. This was fucking ridiculous. Why could he not do more? Why was his only option sending her into a anthronerds strong! You guys are the best and what keep me going! house with a woman who, at best, would just leave her alone? In fact, a close relative of T.rex called Yutyrannus had feathers so…T.rex could have feathers. In fact, it is hightly probable it had them. XOXO “Text me when you get inside,” he said. He’d stopped on another side of the block, as usual. As far as Cici’s mom with concerned, she and Alan weren’t even particularly close. It killed him sometimes. He wanted nothing more than to tell that bitch just how fucking much her daughter was Sasha loved. But it was easier this way. “I will.” “And drink water, okay?” He cringed at the way his voice sounded – almost desperate. But what else was he supposed to do if he couldn’t be there? His words came out in a rush. “Maybe some food if you’re up for it. Get some sleep. And call me if you need anything. Or just call me, you know, if you’re up later.” Cici nodded, half smiling. “I will. Thanks.” He kissed her quickly, ignoring her mutter that she was probably contagious. Then there was nothing to do but watch as she got out of his car and began walking that pained, hunched over walk towards her house. Alan waited for the text that she had gotten in okay, then drove off. It had to be dumb the way his heart was pounding. Or it was just leftover rage that he’d been trying not to let himself feel. But no, he was worried too, more worried than made sense. He took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. Cici had a low fever. She wasn’t energetic, sure, but she was still acting pretty normal. And he’d made her take ibuprofen on an empty stomach, so it was no wonder she hadn’t kept it down. She was fine. As much Some people can’t handle all these changes and I understand. When I discovered all of this I couldn’t process all the information. But these are the as he worried, she was always fine, at least physically. evidence and you can’t deny an evidence. Alan turned onto the main road, heading back toward school. If the traffic wasn’t bad, he could easily make it back in time for lunch. But the thought of returning to class and actually having to focus was awful. For whatever reason, he couldn’t shake the feeling that something might be seriously wrong.
But some people deny the truth. Why? Because they don’t like it. Yeah…just that. They prefer their lizard-like dinosaurs…because feathers are not scary… You know eagles, guys? Vultures? Those magestic and powerful animals. They are intimidating…so…they are dinos…with feathers… So where is the problem again? You see my point?
Of course, we are not going to add feathers to every dinosaur. Sauropods are one of the groups with less probability to have feathers…but groups close-related with birds…There is no excuse. Look. Dinosaurs are not monsters. They are animals. They don’t exist to be in your nightmares or to be cool dragons. They are animals and act like animals. They don’t roar at every damn step they make. They don’t kill everything that moves. No. They could be gentle, they could be violent, maternals, tired, curious,…just like every animal that exists and has existed on Earth. I don’t want to change anyone opinion. I don’t want to reclutate people to my feather nazi army. No. I just want these creatures to being treated as they deserve. Nothing more. Thank you so much for reading. Hope you like this little reflection. Have a nice day, dear dinosaur lover and remember. That sparrow in the window…it’s a dinosaur.