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Cacique Caribe15 Apr 2007 8:45 a.m. PST

If this is the current view of the Troodon . . .

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And it has been theorized that they were ideal candidates for a humanoid-like development . . .

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. . . would they have evolved with feathers too?

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jpattern15 Apr 2007 8:52 a.m. PST

I'd imagine so. Or maybe, like humans, they'd have gradually lost most of their feathers, except on their heads and "other areas".

Come to think of it, they wouldn't shave, they'd pluck. Ouch!

Sysiphus15 Apr 2007 9:00 a.m. PST

A good candidate or Eureka's 300 Club?

If hair became less coarse for humans; perhaps feathers would become more 'down-like' for the Troodon?

Hrothgar Returns15 Apr 2007 9:37 a.m. PST

After drinking 'Wild Turkey' a wild turkey might look like a Troodon

Hrothgar Returns15 Apr 2007 9:38 a.m. PST

I mean if I drank the 'Wild Turkey'. Not the turkey drinking wild turkey!

Cacique Caribe15 Apr 2007 9:58 a.m. PST

LOL.

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Augustus15 Apr 2007 11:51 a.m. PST

*GASP* It…looks…like..Chicken-boo….

Steve Pugh15 Apr 2007 1:30 p.m. PST

The dinosauroid is extremely improbable. For a more realistic take on how Troodon may have evolved as a more intelligent critter see link the picture at the end (http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/8094/2150/1600/dinosauroid.jpg) certainly has feathers…

autos da fe15 Apr 2007 11:12 p.m. PST

This is the most rigorous scientific projection of how these would have evolved:

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Gabriel Landowski Fezian16 Apr 2007 7:26 a.m. PST

Oh gawd….

Cacique Caribe16 Apr 2007 7:57 a.m. PST

Steve,

Interesting birdie, that one!
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Garrison Miniatures16 Apr 2007 3:44 p.m. PST

Personally, I still believe in Howard the Duck.

Cacique Caribe26 Apr 2007 5:29 a.m. PST

They may not all be the raptor dinos you are thinking of, but they are 1/40 scale:

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Knock yourself out.

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