tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794312182471569364.post8840997701870724895..comments2024-03-16T12:40:03.471-07:00Comments on The Whirlpool of Life: Backyard DinosaursScott D. Sampsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13536199701500758905noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794312182471569364.post-47725866111721898292011-06-23T18:39:00.378-07:002011-06-23T18:39:00.378-07:00Birds are Dinosaurs but not all dinosaurs are bird...Birds are Dinosaurs but not all dinosaurs are birds. ;) That's one thing I always try to tell people that Dinosaurs never went extinct. (speaking of which, I saw a robin today in my parent's backyard, feeding and I could just picture a tiny, scavenging compognathid.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794312182471569364.post-32316448107956650202011-06-09T07:18:17.354-07:002011-06-09T07:18:17.354-07:00Fixed Carbon,
You're absolutely right. I pla...Fixed Carbon,<br /><br />You're absolutely right. I plan to submit this piece for publication elsewhere, and will make the change. Thanks for the comment!<br /><br />ScottScott D. Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536199701500758905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794312182471569364.post-85354139035399462482011-06-06T07:54:59.877-07:002011-06-06T07:54:59.877-07:00Scott: It would be so simple for you to rewrite th...Scott: It would be so simple for you to rewrite this beautiful and inspirational piece to reflect the most objective and current research on the issue. To wit, dinosaurs might have descended from birds. You could say that birds and dinosaurs shared a common ancestor, they come from the same root. Your kids, or other kids reading this, then would have a much better appreciation of evolution.Fixed Carbonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06321707907871138659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8794312182471569364.post-30172292216015603502011-05-26T20:13:56.735-07:002011-05-26T20:13:56.735-07:00Birds being dinosaurs is such an awesome and usefu...Birds being dinosaurs is such an awesome and useful concept that should certainly be spread around more. (I love Dinosaur Train for doing so in such a matter of fact manner!)Albertonykushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345306530772709064noreply@blogger.com