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Weird-Duck — Anybody Out There?
Published: 2007-11-13 14:12:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1774; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 23
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A lone dromaeosaur calls out into the oncoming night.Related content
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You art style is splendid. I love how clean it looks.
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ive always known your people existed blackraptor!
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aww hes so lonely 
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I love the detail on the dinosaur, especially the legs. What species is it? I love ALL the theropods, especially Deinonychus (I probably spelled that wrong) and Microraptor. So awesome!!!
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It's a deinonychus.
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Oh woh...
Aww it's cute! Like the real thing 
9/10 and fav
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awww, cute little bird predecessor! Or is that one of the ones that actually has nothing to do with modern birds, like archaeopteryx?
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I think archaeopteryx was part of the line that evolved into birds, and larger dromaeosaurs like this deinonychus here were part of a different branch..related, but not direct predecessors to modern birds.
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oohhhh dromaeosaurs are in the therapod group! you've got it backwards-- The current theory is that Archaeopteryx was part of an evolutionary dead-end and that birds actually evolved from Therapods... I just didn't realize dromaeosaurs were therapods....(Thank you wikipedia 
Awesome, now I know what dromeaosaurs are! My favorite dinosaur ever is a dromaeosaur, Microraptor gui. Anything with 4 wings that actually existed is pretty cool in my books
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Ah..I hadn't heard of that theory until now. I'm just not that big of a paleonerd, I guess.
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You're not? But you have so many dinosaur pictures! =O
Ah well, thats really the only thing I know about dinosaurs and birds... other than Jurassic Park, from which I learned that velociraptors are *not* giant turkeys, and can pick locks and smell fear from 3 miles away. >_>
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Well, I am a paleonerd, just not a big enough one to be keeping up with new theories until they're fairly well known. Or maybe that is fairly well known now and I'm just out of touch. I dunno.
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Hmm, well, I guess I haven't been on the birding scene very long, so I'm not sure about changes in the Archaeopteryx theory, but my little ornithology handout says about the origin of birds,
"1868- Thomas Huxley: Dinosaurs
1926- Gerhard Heilmann: Thecodonts
1973- John Ostrom: Therapod dinosaurs"
So... the therapod theory has been around for awhile. Unless Archaeopteryx *is* a therapod.... in which case, I have no idea when they decided that Archaeopteryx probably wasn't a predecessor to modern birds...
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Nice moment...of loneliness....
Anybody in there?
Pink Floyd is great...
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Awesome, are you going to be studying paleontology?
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No, I'm going to be majoring in graphic design. I've thought about it though.
And thanks.
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I like the detail you put into the feather! This is a pretty night scene. *Pats raptor*
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Aww, that's so cute.^^ Poor little raptor, you're not lonely! *huggles it* Great work!
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Awww...Crow seems so lone-a-ly!
Tis such a beautious and poetic piece, though! Wonderful work!
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Ah yes, the lonesome call of the lone dromey.
Such is what happens when we grow up and have "adult" responsibilities.
Unless you're like a few of the couples we have around here who can share their therianthropy. Bry and Mel, Min and Asazi, Ferahgo and Aggie, Echrei and... well, whoever he is with now, I imagine. Jeez, with those kinds of stats running around here, you'd think it'd be difficult to push the rarity of such an event actually happening. 
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Well, I wasn't trying to suggest this is a rare event...the picture is very personal and a means of expressing certain emotions.
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Great job...the landscape is very well done, and once again I like the details on the feathers and the highlights.
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This reminds me of the Walking With Dinosaurs episode with ornithochirus (spelled very badly wrong). His instincts tell him to keep calling for a mate. That could possibly be the case here.
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That's very close to the meaning of it, yeah.
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Aww... I feel like that too sometimes. Stay happy. ^..^
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Heh, I fully understand the concept - calling to be heard, calling for understanding about some deep feelings.
I've been there as well, as you can see here: [link]
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I'm glad to hear I conveyed the feeling successfully.
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Wow, that's really pretty. Good job. Her colors go quite well with a night scene like that.
The noise lines kind of make it look like she's barking. It's cute though. :3
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Would it have looked better with, say, steam from her breath showing?
And thanks.
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Hm... steam would actually have looked rather nice. It would have conveyed the idea of her making a noise as well as something about the environment - that it was chilly. Like I said, though, the noise lines make it oddly cute.
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Thank you! Though, I was going for wistful and a little melancholy.
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you did it so well! i love that! *.*
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