You guys: screw kittens, baby hippos, and corgi puppies. THIS is the cutest animal post EVER!
An adorable juvenile theropod skeleton was discovered in Bavaria, and seriously, click the link, it is freakin’ CUTE.
Originally reported in the German newspaper Der Spiegel and later mentioned by the Nature news blog, the new specimen is a nearly complete juvenile theropod dinosaur. Even better, traces of skin and possible feathers can be seen on the fossil. Contrary to those reports, though, the specimen is geologically older than the 135 million years attributed to it in the press. The geological and preservational qualities of the fossil look identical to those from the famous Jurassic limestones that have yielded so many other exceptional fossils.
I wanna get that baby tattooed on my shoulder. SQUEEEE!
Oh man, I never thought a skeleton could be so cute!
Wait, 135 million years old …
Are you sure it’s a baby?
What does it mean when a person can’t tell when other people are kidding? I think I might have that.
Cute? Wow, you’ve been smoking some great shit…
That is so beautiful. Possible feathers!!!!
Whurr fezzers??
Where a pod? Theropod!
In my imagination, that baby dino skeleton is doing the Snoopy happy dance. Like this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUQX2B67K…
Those organisms managed to evolve and go extinct without your anachronistic infantilization. Dinosaurs shouldn’t be reduced to some lame “my pretty pony” irreaility. That sort of fantasization demeans actual nature. Biology is beautiful enough.
Older than 135 million. 150 million! That could change what we know about feathered theropods. And I personally speculate about warm bloodedness.
Now we all know that according to Jesus and most members of Congress that can’t be any older than 6000 years.