From previous fossils, they already knew the dinosaur had asymmetric feathers, which are vital to creating thrust in modern, flying birds. But the hard slab of limestone around this specimen had also preserved a key layer of feathers called tertials that had never been documented before in Archaeopteryx.
“It’s important that this is the first time these feathers have been seen,” John Nudds, a paleontologist at the University of Manchester in England who didn’t participate in the study, tells the Guardian’s Hannah Devlin. “These new feathers seen in this beautifully preserved specimen—as well as the asymmetric feathers—confirms it could fly.”
@seananmcguire Something to brighten your day. She could fly!!!
i want more people to write ambiguously straight stories. two people of different genders have a deep and important connection that could be either platonic or romantic, but it’s never directly addressed. other characters don’t comment on it and the whole thing is left up for interpretation. they don’t kiss.
(FLASHING COLORS) Girasol
Would you like to pet me?
unsure if this sucks enough. please enjoy this stork i snapped through a car window at just that time around sunset where the lighting goes to shit for my camera. the blurrier ones were unfortunately already deleted.
i walk a fine line between “i’m asexual and i hate how much the world revolves around sex” and “sex is way too stigmatized and people should be able to be more open about it if they want to”
[they/he] [aroace, agender]nsfw and proship dni!!Chamomile_Dove on toyhouse :]
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