Re: Feathers for T-rex? Anyone got an answer?

[Dora Smith <villandra@austin.rr.com>]

Well, that's the theory I've read, and it is logical.  But I think it's been
offered to explain why the bigger coeluraurian dinosaurs don't show signs of
feathers.   Atleast not yet.

Yours,
Dora Smith
Austin, Texas
villandra@austin.rr.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas de Wilde" <jedimr_thomas@hotmail.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 3:45 PM
Subject: re: Feathers for T-rex? Anyone got an answer?


> Now I'm not the inventor of this idea, but look at the big animals today,
> e.g. grownup elephants barely have hair.
> So if Tyrannosaurus had feathers, the cubs (am I saying this correct)
would
> be quite fluffy, but the adults would probably have been nearly bold,
maybe
> some feathers on the head to attract females.
>
> Thomas