The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #162689   Message #3875114
Posted By: Stu
04-Sep-17 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: who killed the hairy mammoth?
Subject: RE: BS: who killed the hairy mammoth?
Thanks Steve, and you're correct when you say you're going to feed the dinosaurs!

Birds are theropod dinosaurs related to the famous Velociraptor and T. rex. Most of the characteristics we associate with birds evolved in non-avian dinosaurs first: feathers, probably flight, wishbone etc etc all were present before birds appeared. Modern birds appeared before the end of the Cretaceous and are one of several lineages that existed before the K-T extinction.

With over 10,000 species of bird still alive today, we're still in the age of the dinosaurs. I'm pretty sure they'll be here long after we've gone.