Have palaeontologists made the most accurate dinosaur reconstruction ever? Well, thanks to an incredible fossil of Psittacosaurus they very well may have, as this specimen preserves almost all of the animal’s skin and colours – plus some surprising bits of anatomy you wouldn’t think could ever be reconstructed.
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why does it matter that it was taken out of china? the dinosaurs do not belong to the current sitting power. I dont understand this train of thinking. The current powers in every country are just the last victors of the most recent war/coup. I understand not wanting fossils to be in private collections but as long as they are available to all what is the issue?
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You have to love a video where a couple of screen grabs contain the terms:
"Ischial Callosity", "Integumentary", and "Coprolite".
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It seems that someone attempted to repatriate the fossil.
If China had shown any interest, fine, but since it seems they did not,
. …why fret about it?
Warning at least 20 verbal instances of “cloaqal lips” in this video
So because one of them got bitten one time that we know of it shows they were an important food source for everything else? Now that's just good science.
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Don't believe these guy's. They don't know shit. Just trying to make a job for themselves.
If I was the fossil dealer I would've posed with a mallet and asked the museum for double.
I wonder if they could tell what it's gender was, since they could tell so much about it's anus! Seriously!
We all wonder where these dragon tales come from….maybe long dead reality of long gone relatives of ones in times long gone by😎🇦🇺👌
Thanks for an amazing video about this amazing creature! I love to visit the Natural Sciences Museum in Stockholm Sweden!! My two daughters are practically brought up in that place! She even opted to have her birthday party at that museum! For a few years all of the museums in Stockholm were free of charge to enter for everyone, so I used this to my advantage by going there every time I had some spare time with the kids. They have a lot of things and a huge display of different climates and different times, it’s ABSOLUTELY Worth every penny even with the cover charge being reinstated, so if you ever have the chance to visit – just do it! You won’t be disappointed, I can say that much! And as a topping on the cake they have the worlds first IMAX movie theater with 180 degrees screen, that means that the screen is all round you and the sound system is awesome too, really worth a visit. In the temporary display they show beautiful things that change several times a year, check the webpage to see what is currently on display. They have a collection of minerals and gems that’s enormous in size, very beautiful pieces are on display there. Go visit every time you get a chance!!!
Would you be able to tell if the hair/feathers on its back/tail were for injecting poison in enemies? Or maybe they were used for defense like a hedgehog? Or maybe it’s used to attract partners? What do you think they were used?
Psittacosaurus fossil just like compressed little lizard on the side of my door
AMAZING! So so so cool.
Oh man, this poor little bugger has zero privacy left. 🧐
I didn't know we had this much information about any dinosaur. Thanks for pointing it out.
How do we know it wasn’t a marine animal?
This guy is so I.T. Crowd
Ita funny that China is upset about a fossil being "stolen" but they steal intellectual property everyday
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I did not expect a whole section about dinussy.
Germany is famous for fossile smuggling. The Irritator was smuggled from Brazil and was studied by a mediocre german paleontologist.
Most accurate descriptor of a creature nobody has ever seen. Is anything wrong with that statement?
Imagine dying in the woods and millions of years later your body is in a museum and a guy films himself pointing out the poop that was in your butt when you died
not my proudest fap
They were Reptiles …… Reptiles have >>> SCALES <<< you are welcome 😉😊😅
When I was eight and drawing pictures of "T-Rex fighting a…" – it was the fifties. All dinos were huge stupid lumbering cold-blooded animals. Reproduction and eggs were a mystery. It was so simple. Did that brontosaurus have a brain in its tail? Probably not. Don't tell me – Brits invented paleontology.
Fascinating
It's like long tailed porcupine animal. What do you think?
Incredible how id we didn’t have the proper remains we would probably never put the bristles on the Porcusaur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tcv5pi6EfA&t=29s
We will find T-Rex would be dark Panther with Dark Stripes of stubby feathers like Kiwi feathers. Back of the head, in males, would have a Mane heading to the spine n down to tail.
I hate seeing them just skin & scales. We may scrape the evidence away just trying to get to the bones first n foremost.
I think it's covered with hair
Goodness, so much attention paid to dino bottoms! Very fascinating, if maybe not life-changing.
Now we know what Dino bussy looked like, I’m gonna go tell my mom ☺️
It’s doing the Lola bunny challenge
Imagine we found the one single albino version of the species😂
Since the bristles are on the tail, I think they may have been used to make a noise. The same way Porcupines rub their quills together as a warning to a threat.
How is it that almost every fossil that is found in China people suspect it being fake only to later in the video turn out to not be fake. Is fossil faking pretty common in the field? What’s the history behind that it think it’ll be interesting
Turtle's like…they all left me here alone with the alligators…🙉😳🦀😏 Birds still give a bone curteling raptor cry…when there feeling pissy ..
This makes me want to be cremated after my death. Amazing video, very informative, thank you!
Ah. Because of The Flood; got it.
Birds: you sure about that?