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Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

Two news reports:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/12/08/dinosaur-tail-feathers-encased-amber-may-hold-jurassic...

I like the scientific name of it from the NY Times: "That thing with feathers".

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/science/dinosaur-feathers-amber.html?_r=0

goldensrbest · ‎03-10-2010

Now don't come down on me , like i am crazy but i wonder if it would ever be possible in science ,that someday they will be able to bring them back to our planet, why they would i do not know.

When you lose some one you L~O~V~E, that Memory of them, becomes a TREASURE.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@goldensrbest wrote:
Now don't come down on me , like i am crazy but i wonder if it would ever be possible in science ,that someday they will be able to bring them back to our planet, why they would i do not know.

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@goldensrbest

I'm pretty sure they could try to do it now if they worked on it. This particular specimen has tissue attached, which might mean viable DNA.

There's been talk about some scientists trying but it's all underground. The problem is how to control the creatures and could some carry illness, etc.

Still, it's exciting to think about.

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

@goldensrbest wrote:
Now don't come down on me , like i am crazy but i wonder if it would ever be possible in science ,that someday they will be able to bring them back to our planet, why they would i do not know.

I hope they never bring them back! Many creatures become extinct for good reasons.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

From the NYTimes:

"The feathers most likely belonged to a baby nonavian theropod, meaning it looked more similar to a velociraptor or Tyrannosaurus rex than to a modern bird. That said, it was probably only about the size of a sparrow."

(A velociraptor... shades of Jurassic Park)

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

Here's what they think it looked like:

dino bird

Sister Golden Hair · ‎03-09-2010

I have an amber pendant and it is so pretty.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@Sister Golden Hair wrote:
I have an amber pendant and it is so pretty.

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@Sister Golden Hair

It is, and it's history in a way, especially if you have a piece of something in it. I bought a couple of pieces back when another channel carried it.