People who took the news of feathered dinosaurs like this:
And those who took it like this:
I hate it when people say “science ruined dinosaurs” as though dinosaurs are just some pop culture monster invention and not real things that existed and that we are continuing to make new discoveries about
Amen
Listen I don’t care if you think feathers on a dinosaur look stupid if a 9 ton apex predator is coming at you at 25 mph, you’re not going to laugh at its feathers. YOU’RE GOING TO HAUL ASS
If you think feathered dinosaurs aren’t scary you’ve obviously never been chased by an angry swan.
It wouldn’t matter if Tyrannosaurus Rex was a floof borb like chickadees and looked completely round from all the feathers.
If it came at you with a mouth full of six-inch fangs, you would scream, quite possibly wet yourself, and run.
For those still doubtful, four words: emus won a war.