#dinosaur birds

[bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Hoatzin

^image credit: Kate, Wikipedia

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

The Hoatzin is a remarkable, dinosaur-like bird whose young have claws on the end of their wing digits to help them climb. Unlike other birds, they use bacterial fermentation to help them digest their food -(like cows do) of mostly leaves, and this plus their diet gives them a distinct manure-like smell.

#botd #bird of the day #birdoftheday #weird and wonderful #bird facts #hoatzin #hoactzin #birding #tropical birds #birdwatching #unique birds #bird fact of the day #birds #bird lovers #bird behaviour #dinosaur birds #bird #birb #ornithology #facts about birds #animal facts #animal fact

[theartofmadeline]

i promise i wouldn't blame you

#illustration #artists on tumblr #digital art #comic #dinosaur #chicken #art #artwork #drawing #webcomic #theartofmadeline #something i sketched ageeeeessss ago and never made hehe #no i dont know how to draw chickens or dinos. mind your business !! #bird #paleo art #evolution

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

#dinosaur #evolution #comic #prehistoric #animal #wildlife #paleontology #biology #poetry #comics #original #my art #archaeopteryx has no direct living descendants i know #but i wanted something aerial and the dinosaur to bird connection is classic and well known anyway #also the chicken over any other bird is very on purpose #its the mix of truth and comedy and genuineness and the fantastic in the mundane #its me asking you to see something so wonderful in something taken so un-seriously #and to love it both ways #also the jurassic park thing #where someone saw the reconstructed gait of a dino #and said. hey hang on. i know that walk. #and pulled up footage of a chicken walking #which jumpstarted the entire study into the link between dinosaurs and birds #in the end take whatever you want from it i just thought id provide some insight #i always like it when other artists do #the point is that i enjoy when people laugh at the end and when they dont #and i like it when they cry. i like it best when they both laugh and cry. eeaao intent #anyway mourn your losses but to live is to change #also hi guys i finally figured out tipping after 5 months so no more annoying ko-fi link

[dinosaurnews]

Sorry, PETA, I would 100% eat a T-Rex.

#dinosaurs #dinosaur #paleontology #clever girl #birds are dinosaurs #non-avian dinosaurs #avian dinosaurs #tastes like chicken

[shitacademicswrite]

#lol #funny #dinosaurs #birds #paleontology #evolutionary biology

[pimsri]

“Resurrection”

#pimsriart #pimsriart2023 #I have been playing so much path of titans ahhhhh #dinosaur is my childhood hyperfixation lol #but i literally don't know anything else #i'm dumb and science can't get into my brain pls don't ask me which dino are they bc i don't know DX #dinosaur #uhhh #iguanodon #i think #and some #raptors #birds #the text is from mahler's symphony no2 finale

[electricnik]

Fantastic reconstruction of an Archaeopteryx I saw at Southampton Fossil and mineral show. It was part of an exhibition of fossil replicas exhibited by Southampton University.

#dinosaurs #birds #archaeopteryx

[makenna-made-this]

My mom: i miss having a dog in the house :(

My overly friendly buff orpington: say less

#what a nice dog #i love golden retrievers #chickens #tiny fluffy dinosaurs #the BEST animals #my pets #my feather babies #beula be like is anyone else gonna be the house chicken or?? #chickenblr #birdblr #pet bird #buff orpington behavior

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Below the poll is a series of animal images labeled A through J. A is the least close to the birds we have today; J is the closest. If you encountered these animals in the wild, which would you call birds? If you pick a higher up option, then that means you consider all the below ones birds as well - so if you pick A, then BCDEFGHIJ are all birds. If you pick J, only J is a bird.

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PLEASE REBLOG THIS SO IT CAN LEAVE PALAEOBLR. I NEED PEOPLE WHO DON'T RECOGNIZE THESE ANIMALS ON SIGHT TO VOTE.

I apologize to all of y'all with vision impairments for whom this poll is inaccessible. Alas, this is an experiment, and I cannot name the taxa. Thank you.

All alt text includes artist attribution; I did not make these pictures myself.

#palaeoblr #dinosaurs #birds #pterosaurs #prehistoric life #WHAT ARE BIRDS #bird political spectrum #taxonomy #classification #cladistics #phylogenetics

[wayward-delver]

Creature of the Night: 

“Feathered Dinosaurs aren’t scary,” is false, it’s about how it is presented and nothing is more terrifying than a bitter truth. 

by Jayson Duria/WobblyWorks

#dinosaur #dinosaurs #feathered dinosaurs #raptor #dromaeosaur #dromaeosaurid #prehistoric #prehistory #paleobiology #paleontology #paleoblr #deinonychus #utahraptor #dakotaraptor #animation #video #jurassic park #jurassic world #65 movie #bird #animals #nature #prehistoric planet

[frippp]

Just finished a lil personal project of mine, a fully poseable christmas themed sinosauropterix!

#art #dinosaurs #my art #paleoblr #bird #dino oc #sinosauropteryx #puppet #needle felting #felt #model

[monarchbutt]

whenever i can't picture dinosaurs existing i just humble myself by looking at birds alive today. what the actual fuck is that thing

#just look into the eyes of flamingos and you can see the dinosaur #biology #science #stem #sciblr #paleontology #zoology #fossils #prehistoric #dinosaurs #earth science #geoscience #dinosaur #paleoblr #cretaceous #sauropod #geology #prehistoric animals #birds #birdblr

[corvidcasette]

Limelight

Fingerpainted Ibispaint X,

Thur 21 Dec 2023

A lone megapterygius (newly discovered mosasaur) basks in the limelight while exploring an underwater cavern. A quick concept that I decided to blotch out for fun, I may attempt it again in the future

#art #illustration #paintings #sciart #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaurs #monsters #birds #kaiju #mosasaurus #aquaticreptile #megapterygius #mosasaurs

[peregrinethegryphon]

Mfs who've never owned chickens: "Can you believe chickens are dinosaurs? lol what a downgrade."

Chickens:

#chickens #hen #rooster #birds #dinosaurs #meme #dinosaur meme #theropod #peregrine op

[dinoserious]

ubububu

#dinosaur #dromaeosaur #cockatoo #bird #sketch #eyestrain #read that new danny phantom graphic novel recently and thinking abt danny phantom makes me want to work with bright greens

[owlzieartz]

A familiar refuge

#art #digital art #dinosaurs #birds #birb #birb art #t rex skull #t rex #my art #animal art #dinosaur art #birblr #dinosaur #little dinosaur #cute