living dinos

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xyre_silverfangs

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Easy there, Sparky. I'm sure the misses will enjoy hearing about your feline fetish.
Besides, I meant chickens with scales instead of feathers. You'd eventually be able to engineer something like that, but it'd be easier to just take a lizard and make some changes from there.

Psh. That shows how little you know. My wife would probably join me wink lol

Actually it'd be just as easy with both, cause both creatures have a direct connection to dinosaurs. Don't quote me here, however, I'm no geneticist.

Lizards actually aren't that closely related to dinosaurs. The closest living non-avian relatives to the dinosaurs are the crocodilians, which are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles.

The reason it would be easier to use a chicken than a lizard is that since chickens are descended from dinosaurs, they still have some ancestral dinosaur or dinosaur-like genes that are inactive but present. If a number of genes can be activated for things like tails, teeth, and scales, and turned off for things like beak production, you can have something closely resembling a dinosaur. A lizard does not have dinosaur ancestry, so a completely new body type would have to be created (there are major skeletal differences), and warm-bloodedness would have to be engineered, all some scratch. This is completely undoable with our current knowledge of genetics, which is why chickens are being used for these experiments (as can be seen in that awesome discovery channel special). Again, it's much easier to turn a few preexisting genes on or off than to engineer entirely new traits.

[kinerinninja1]

I should be the last one saying this because I am trying to play god....but should we even make dinosaurs or dinosaur like creatures........i mean personally I would like to have a baby microrapter (someone provide a pic i love thoes things) but maybe we shouldn't because look what happen on Jurassic Park...... and i know that was a movie but hey it could happen.........

[XxBlueRoguexX]

the big problem with cryptozoology is that in order for a species to survive it needs several thousand members. otherwise inbreeding would drive them to extinction.

also remember these creatures would need a habitat that would support them so those unexplored desolate areas of the planet probably couldn't support anything over the size of a mouse.....

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kinerinninja1

I should be the last one saying this because I am trying to play god....but should we even make dinosaurs or dinosaur like creatures........i mean personally I would like to have a baby microrapter (someone provide a pic i love thoes things) but maybe we shouldn't because look what happen on Jurassic Park...... and i know that was a movie but hey it could happen.........

I don't think this thing would be much of a threat, given that adult specimens range from 42–83 centimeters (1.4–2.7 ft) long, and with a weight estimated at up to 1 kilogram.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/nature-online/life/dinosaurs/dino-directory/drawing/Microraptor.jpg
We should focus on eliminating Glenn Beck.

[kinerinninja1]

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kinerinninja1

I should be the last one saying this because I am trying to play god....but should we even make dinosaurs or dinosaur like creatures........i mean personally I would like to have a baby microrapter (someone provide a pic i love thoes things) but maybe we shouldn't because look what happen on Jurassic Park...... and i know that was a movie but hey it could happen.........

I don't think this thing would be much of a threat, given that adult specimens range from 42–83 centimeters (1.4–2.7 ft) long, and with a weight estimated at up to 1 kilogram.
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/nature-online/life/dinosaurs/dino-directory/drawing/Microraptor.jpg
We should focus on eliminating Glenn Beck.

well i wasn't really talkin about microraptors.....they are omnivores mainly feeding off of insects and fruit(they had fruit back then) and accasionly they would feed off the carcass of a dinosaur and where did u get the little brown guy rght beside u n where can i get one ^-^

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kinerinninja1

well i wasn't really talkin about microraptors.....they are omnivores mainly feeding off of insects and fruit(they had fruit back then) and accasionly they would feed off the carcass of a dinosaur and where did u get the little brown guy rght beside u n where can i get one ^-^

What, this ugly little emu-lizard? It's from the Mesozoic DNA item. I wanted the green T-rex but I got this ugly little runt. stare
I hope it turns into a velociraptor or something cool, but knowing Gaia it'll probably just be some lame ostrich thing. sweatdrop

[kinerinninja1]

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kinerinninja1

well i wasn't really talkin about microraptors.....they are omnivores mainly feeding off of insects and fruit(they had fruit back then) and accasionly they would feed off the carcass of a dinosaur and where did u get the little brown guy rght beside u n where can i get one ^-^

What, this ugly little emu-lizard? It's from the Mesozoic DNA item. I wanted the green T-rex but I got this ugly little runt. stare
I hope it turns into a velociraptor or something cool, but knowing Gaia it'll probably just be some lame ostrich thing. sweatdrop

it looks more like a ovirapture or some kind of hadrasaur...........if u wanted a rapture y not just get the drome egg like i did.......isn't he cute.....but i really do like ur little dino critter

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kinerinninja1

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kinerinninja1

well i wasn't really talkin about microraptors.....they are omnivores mainly feeding off of insects and fruit(they had fruit back then) and accasionly they would feed off the carcass of a dinosaur and where did u get the little brown guy rght beside u n where can i get one ^-^

What, this ugly little emu-lizard? It's from the Mesozoic DNA item. I wanted the green T-rex but I got this ugly little runt. stare
I hope it turns into a velociraptor or something cool, but knowing Gaia it'll probably just be some lame ostrich thing. sweatdrop

it looks more like a ovirapture or some kind of hadrasaur...........if u wanted a rapture y not just get the drome egg like i did.......isn't he cute.....but i really do like ur little dino critter

I'd say it looks like a gay emu at Cabbana, but to each their own. Besides, I'm broke. I spent all my money on my boobs.

[kinerinninja1]

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kinerinninja1

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kinerinninja1

well i wasn't really talkin about microraptors.....they are omnivores mainly feeding off of insects and fruit(they had fruit back then) and accasionly they would feed off the carcass of a dinosaur and where did u get the little brown guy rght beside u n where can i get one ^-^

What, this ugly little emu-lizard? It's from the Mesozoic DNA item. I wanted the green T-rex but I got this ugly little runt. stare
I hope it turns into a velociraptor or something cool, but knowing Gaia it'll probably just be some lame ostrich thing. sweatdrop

it looks more like a ovirapture or some kind of hadrasaur...........if u wanted a rapture y not just get the drome egg like i did.......isn't he cute.....but i really do like ur little dino critter

I'd say it looks like a gay emu at Cabbana, but to each their own. Besides, I'm broke. I spent all my money on my boobs.

really quick what are all the type of dinosaurs u can get

[xyre_silverfangs]

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xyre_silverfangs

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Easy there, Sparky. I'm sure the misses will enjoy hearing about your feline fetish.
Besides, I meant chickens with scales instead of feathers. You'd eventually be able to engineer something like that, but it'd be easier to just take a lizard and make some changes from there.

Psh. That shows how little you know. My wife would probably join me wink lol

Actually it'd be just as easy with both, cause both creatures have a direct connection to dinosaurs. Don't quote me here, however, I'm no geneticist.

Lizards actually aren't that closely related to dinosaurs. The closest living non-avian relatives to the dinosaurs are the crocodilians, which are more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles.

The reason it would be easier to use a chicken than a lizard is that since chickens are descended from dinosaurs, they still have some ancestral dinosaur or dinosaur-like genes that are inactive but present. If a number of genes can be activated for things like tails, teeth, and scales, and turned off for things like beak production, you can have something closely resembling a dinosaur. A lizard does not have dinosaur ancestry, so a completely new body type would have to be created (there are major skeletal differences), and warm-bloodedness would have to be engineered, all some scratch. This is completely undoable with our current knowledge of genetics, which is why chickens are being used for these experiments (as can be seen in that awesome discovery channel special). Again, it's much easier to turn a few preexisting genes on or off than to engineer entirely new traits.

oooh yeah! Dinosaurs were warm blooded, weren't they? Thanks for the reminder. lol. Noting that : Shouldn't the word 'dinosaur' its self, be the wrong term to express the species? It means "terrible lizard" but these creatures were not reptiles. I laugh, and scoff at the idea of a creature the size of a T-Rex or Brontosaurus being kept aloft by sunlight alone. I think paleontology owes the species a new title, myself. Then again, I could just be arguing semantics? People do still call Orcas "Killer Whales" as much as the term its self is wrong on SO many levels....

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xyre_silverfangs

oooh yeah! Dinosaurs were warm blooded, weren't they? Thanks for the reminder. lol. Noting that : Shouldn't the word 'dinosaur' its self, be the wrong term to express the species? It means "terrible lizard" but these creatures were not reptiles.... Then again, I could just be arguing semantics?

Yes, you are. I don't think the warm/cold blood thing came up with the first discoveries of dinosaurs. Plus, I don't see them changing it any time soon.
I for one think it's a suitable name; they look like lizards. Big, scary terrible lizards.

[kinerinninja1]

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xyre_silverfangs

oooh yeah! Dinosaurs were warm blooded, weren't they? Thanks for the reminder. lol. Noting that : Shouldn't the word 'dinosaur' its self, be the wrong term to express the species? It means "terrible lizard" but these creatures were not reptiles.... Then again, I could just be arguing semantics?

Yes, you are. I don't think the warm/cold blood thing came up with the first discoveries of dinosaurs. Plus, I don't see them changing it any time soon.
I for one think it's a suitable name; they look like lizards. Big, scary terrible lizards.

what happen 2 u little dinosaur guy

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kinerinninja1

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xyre_silverfangs

oooh yeah! Dinosaurs were warm blooded, weren't they? Thanks for the reminder. lol. Noting that : Shouldn't the word 'dinosaur' its self, be the wrong term to express the species? It means "terrible lizard" but these creatures were not reptiles.... Then again, I could just be arguing semantics?

Yes, you are. I don't think the warm/cold blood thing came up with the first discoveries of dinosaurs. Plus, I don't see them changing it any time soon.
I for one think it's a suitable name; they look like lizards. Big, scary terrible lizards.

what happen 2 u little dinosaur guy

I ate him.

[CurryCalamariTurtle]

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xyre_silverfangs

oooh yeah! Dinosaurs were warm blooded, weren't they? Thanks for the reminder. lol. Noting that : Shouldn't the word 'dinosaur' its self, be the wrong term to express the species? It means "terrible lizard" but these creatures were not reptiles.... Then again, I could just be arguing semantics?

Yes, you are. I don't think the warm/cold blood thing came up with the first discoveries of dinosaurs. Plus, I don't see them changing it any time soon.
I for one think it's a suitable name; they look like lizards. Big, scary terrible lizards.

Due to the lack of perfectly fossilized organs it is hard to be accurate about prehistoric specimen, the fact that diversity had already been examined show that it is possible that some where warm blooded, others cold blooded. The fact that dinosaurs can be based on small fragments that have been carbon dated.

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CurryCalamariTurtle

Due to the lack of perfectly fossilized organs it is hard to be accurate about prehistoric specimen, the fact that diversity had already been examined show that it is possible that some where warm blooded, others cold blooded. The fact that dinosaurs can be based on small fragments that have been carbon dated.

Since when did we have any significant tissue fossilization in dinos? Usually, mummification is the only sure way to preserve organs. Even then, they look like over-cooked potatoes. But yes, a lot of dinosaurs are only known by a couple of bones. Half the dinos we know could just be mutated versions of more common dinos.