Is till think more likely than not, though your intigument was probably mostly avian scales with primitive feathers down your spine and on your shoulders.
The part about spino is too true , it’s changed so much over the decades and even some of its earliest discovered remains were BLOWN UP in the allied bombing during WW2
sum body I’d say that dinosaur society revolved around certain dinos being able to wear things and other not being able too. The more fancy dinos would wear Bowties and Hats while others could not. Poor Trex could not wear both.
One time i was at my uncle's farm when suddenly a mouse got out of a wall and ran in front of us across the patio. A rooster pecking next to the hen house noticed it as well. I didn't even had time to understand what was going on that the rooster started chasing the mouse, pinned it to the ground with its beak, threw it in the air and swallowed it head first. So when i heard some scientists saying that T-rex had feathers, i thought: Yeah that sounds about right.
What a great take. I feel the same, because I love the twists and turns between the theories of people that do this for their living. One thing that's obvious is that they have demonstrated how crazy close several dinosaurs are to birds tho.
@@jordanrodriguez6412 Not the same earth at all, 1st of all, Tyrannousaurus Rex only lived in Laramidia which was western north america when north america was divided in two lands by the western interior sea. 2nd, botanically and climatologically the earth was much different 65 million years ago. Other than that, it was still the same planet, that's for sure.
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Giganotosaurus' size changes every month? Are you sure that its not just people who play ARK that think it is way bigger than its known to have been for many years?
Everyone when they realize T-Rex may have had feathers: "NOOOO! You're ruining my childhood!" D:< Everyone when they realize T-Rex most likely didn't have feathers anyway: "Awww, but my fluffy Rexy" :(
@@maryjane5754 how? there are so many proofs of their existance it's literally a fact...saying earth is flat makes more sense than the bullshit you just dropped right now if dinosaurs didn't exist then birds don't exist either also be more creative with your trolls next time lol
To give you an idea, take the skeletons of a lion and a tiger. Both big cats, their skeletons nearly identical. What indication would the bones give to tell anyone who has never seen the animals alive that one has a lot of colors and stripes and the other a huge mane?
Sure, but skin impressions would clearly show they were both covered in hair as opposed to being bald, which is the more accurate analogy to the T-rex situation.
Most likely they will be a able to tell the lions had manes due to the impressions of the differences do to the larger mass of hair and length around the neck area, then with the difference between the skulls of a lion compared to a tigers skull, they will then know that this animal had a mane was a Male lion and this skull that has a lion skull but no mane is the female
@DavGP1208 butt hurt much? you do realise the movie came out in 1993 and there model was designed (helped) by palaeontologists so yeah not accurate now but back then top notch and its frackly much accurate then some of these feathered shit people have.
Saw a cartoon once. There were two T Rex's standing on a small Island. They were watching Noah's ark sail away. One T Rex turned to the other and said " oh crap, was that today?
They were a fascination of mine when I was a child. Then something occured and I lost my interest. Though I have never had a bad impression of them. And now stumbling upon this vid I recall warm memories of a time when my life never seemed grim as it is now.
@@БагердзюцуБаныка Dinosaurs are not for kids... but when parents buy you dinosaur toys and such, then you later think it's childish until you get interested again
they are just animals not for kids not for adults just animals so they are not for a certain age it's just what kind of animals you like and if you are intrested about paleontology and that's what i hate some people say dinosaurs are childish like they are some kind of cartoon they are animals just like birds fish mammals reptiles insects don't worry im not talking about you im talking in general
@@matthewmasood no there are quite a few differences, lips covering teeth, more inward facing arms, and MUCH less skin wrapped overall it looks like it could be a living breathing animal now and not just a godzilla movie monster
I must admit, as big fan of dinosaurs, I really feel quite indifferent about weather they had feathers or not. I am only interested in truth. Whatever the outcome of studies, I'll take it with joy.
I really doubt T. rex was that closely represented by Barney because I cannot imagine it singing that badly even if it did not have vocal cords that enable it to roar like a supersized lion.
Why can't people be this accurate when representing medieval setting too? This is cool and it dosen't promote misconceptions/misinformation about the cretaceous era or its wild life
@@kingtigertheheavy5945 Yes, it is very good. I was one of the original supporters, I waited 2 years for that game to be finished/made and I can say I was NOT dissappointed.
fieldmarshaljoe Exactly. The developers kept talking about how they wanted to create a realistic medieval game. So people just assumed that everything within the game was mostly accurate, when the vast majority was inaccurate.
Hey guys, it’s your favorite mega theropod from the Maastrichtian! Looks like I’m getting a new redesign for saurian, and I’m flattered! I know it is different from what most people liked, but I guess we gotta change. It’s one of the things I love about paleontology, it always advances with new info. Thanks to the saurian team. Love, T. rex
@@NoName-ze4qn Trees were bigger back then, there are fossils of leaves a couple of feet across. But whatever, he could have been a pile of dirt, just a motionless piece of nature. Dinosaurs were dumb, it wouldn't take much to fool them.
T-Rex: When will they figure out if I had feathers or not? Spinosaurus: Oh please, they thought I was a fish! Therizinosaurus: Hmm? I didn't hear you over them saying I was a turtle. Iguanodon and Megalosaurus: Keep talking.
And the fact that if T. rex had feathers as a baby, it wouldn’t lose all of them by the time it grew up as well. Like how over the span of 50m years (probably got that wrong) whales still have hair
@@skiwee2092 changing the amount of hair on your body as you grow up is hardly the same as changing feathers into scales as you grow. no animal has been shown to change the stuff that grows on their body, so the elephant example everyone throws around really doesn't work for the t-rex. besides that, there's really no evidence that babys had feathers, so considering it as true would be dishonest. the t-rex might have had some vestigial feathers the same way a whale has some hairs, but they would be so small and spread out over their bodies that they might as well not be there.
Skiwee Deewee yeah, it’s not like birds lose all their feathers as they age! I mean, it feels like we are kind of hinting at them being more like crocodiles.
@@michealtaylor7745 Birds can move their tongue though? Though maybe I didn't understand what you meant. All I know is I have a pet bird and I've witnessed him lick things and use his tongue to help him eat stuff. I have heard they have a bone in their tongue though and my birds tongue definitely seems like it would be a lot firmer/tougher than like a mammal's tongue.
@@michealtaylor7745 also birds can move there tongue a lot what are you talking about and we don't know what theropod dinosaur tongues looked like the only reason crocodilians can't move there tongue is because it's fused to there lower pallet and that's because there aquatic and use it's tongue to close it's air ways while in the water why would a land theropod need a adaptation used only for aquatic use and would never appear on land
Joe Martinez And a Top hat, monocle, and cane. We also know their mating call and they danced a little jig to impress females. “Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal!”
I apprechiate their accuracy over nostalgia..its important to make updates based off of scientific discoveries and not just leave the models inaccurate because "they look cool" ..
Cool project and I bought the game but sadly refunded since while it’s cool to look at its not a very ‘fun’ game to play. I had pretty much experienced it all in half an hour
vianjelos The whole point of Saurian is to be scientifically accurate, so yeah lol I’m so incredibly glad the project exists as well. I don’t even really care about gameplay, I just want accurate and groundbreaking reconstructions in an interactive environment (and one that is easily accessible to the general public!). It’s an amazing achievement, and I’d give all my money to it just for that if it was practical lmao
Why people ever romanticized the idea of a feathered Tyrannosaurus is beyond me. I've seen countless "I miss the feathers" comments, but this isn't some fandom. We don't get to prefer what we want when it comes to science. These are animals, and frankly it doesn't matter what your preference of it is. Be prepared to drop established concepts of Dinosaurs as you know them, as they are bound to change with new evidence.
@@shitpost9237 feathered dinosaurs are fine but, t Rex wasn't feathered. You can argue all you want but science says it doesn't have feathers. So yeah.
T-Rex starts scaly, gets feathers, then becomes scaly again Spinosaurus starts bipedal, becomes a quadruped, then becomes bipedal again Hmmmmmmm I'm smelling some kind of Jurassic Park conspiracy here 🤔 All jokes aside, this was very interesting!
@@kr1st0saurus actually trikes never technically existed and are just a baby of another species mistakenly thought to have been it's own species... Ha...ha... Look up taurosaurus
I'm sad to see the feathered t rex go, but the logic and research behind it seems pretty reasonable. The question is; if the adult didn't have feathers because of its size, did the babies have any feathers? It would be pretty interesting if the babies hatched with feathers, then molted them permanently once they grew to a certain size. Kinda like how Hoatzin chicks are born retaining claws on their wings, but lose them once their wings are developed enough to fly.
As the blog says, it's very possible that this could occur, but since it's not known to happen in any other animal they have decided not to include it in their restoration.
I'd say that it would depend on whether or not it would be evolutionarily advantageous for the young to have feathers. Personally, I think it would make sense for them to have them, as feathers would provide extra warmth, camouflage, and protection in a particularly vulnerable stage of life. We'll have to wait and see if this is supported by evidence or not in the future, of course.
@@petercarioscia9189 in fairness, there are no animals like the dinosaurs alive today. Pachyderms are born hairless because most mammals are, regardless. All birds, however, are born with feathers; Tyrannosaurs, being non-avian birds, could very well be the same. Again, it is up for debate until evidence can prove or disprove the hypothesis that infant Tyrannosaurs were feathered.
Except many paleontologists have refuted the new discoveries and Saurian's claims using examples from T-rex's closest living relatives; birds. Feathers don't have to only insulate, and in fact many feathers are used to diffuse heat, like a heat sink. that and there have been studies found that T-rex's relatives, such as Yutyrannus, were covered in feathers, and gave many real life examples of the ecosystem that currently resides in the Hell Creek formation then and now that state that; T-rex did indeed have feathers, we just don't know how many
@@lEGOBOT2565 we need to think of trex and yutyarannus (misspelled) like african elephant and mammoths see what ? Yuti has feathers cuz it lived in a colder place AND besides that yuri is not so related compared to alberto, tarbo and gorgo just by looking at the arms and again yti more looked more like a featherd allosaurus then a t.rex (not that yuti is a allosaurus species)
@@lEGOBOT2565 does a afrrican elephant 0% fur (my god that spelling 10/10) no a african elephant has little feathers but id say the covrage of a t.rex should be = arms the rest... i d k
the problem with Saurian is that they focus so much time and effort on the realistic dinosaur models...they are missing an overall realistic experience. the Cretaceous forest should be teaming with flying and crawling insects, small mammals, and flying birds, yet all you see are the big animals, and that is especially apparent in the juvenile stage when you are small dinosaur foraging the undergrowth. I would imagine an adult dinosaur would also attract small animals, just like how elephants have a following of egrets and oxpeckers, so would Triceratops or an Ankylosaurus must have been a great attraction for smaller Cretaceous animals. Had the focus was on only one playable animal, and a richer lively environment the game would be much less disappointing and much more enthralling, right now it's just too lifeless and empty.
The game isnt complete, so many animals are still to be added, such as mammals. However, they have a size limit in mind when adding in new animals, with Chamops being an example of the smallest an animal can be to pass through into the game due to optimization. Right now there already is a bird, depalma's orinthurine. There are two more birds to come as well, Brodavis, and Avisaurus.
Sorry but I couldn't keep quiet.. lol. Triceratops isn't a dinosaur (well kind of. Let me explain) When they first found triceratops they were vexed by why they could never find baby trike skeletons besides those in eggs. Well they discovered the Taurosaurus. And with it they found out that the triceratops wasn't a full dinosaur, it was just a baby taurosaurus the whole time. Since triceratops was discovered first it's a sensitive topic whether it's a taurosaurus or our beloved trike. Though taurosaurus looks much different . The crest we all know actually splits down the middle as it grows.
I've heard Jack Horner's argument regarding the Triceratops/Torosaurus though his claims have been supported for other late cretaceous species the Triceratops vs Torosaurus debate has been more murky due to research supporting both possibilities in the Triceratops / Torosaurus debate.
One thing that still amazes me is the balance it maintains. This large mass extending outward in both directions on the feet. Makes me think balance was an essential part of its nervous system. It must have had a three axis vestibular system. I’m a microbiologist, so thinking about this is new to me.
@@godzillakingofthemonsters6540 why are feathered dinosaurs always compared to chickens? Why not vultures or eagles? Chickens are omnivores, while t rex is a predator like eagles. Plus all birds are very distantly related to t rex, so when we say that t rexs closest living relatives are birds, we mean it's closer to birds than, say, a dog for example. Also, just because some dinosaurs had feathers, dosn't mean they were birds. Like, let's say, all modern mammals go extinct, exept for bats, and reptiles are the ones to fill the niche of the other mammals, including human. By this logic a reptile would say that all mammals are bats, because all mammals have hair.
Un canal sec 857 R/woosh that’s true,but don’t forget the fact that they are compared because “birds” are the Dinosaurs of today. And Why I said Chicken is because,look at it,the feathered Tyrannosaurus Rex looks nothing,but a chicken,it’s covered in furr But since science is sometimes a bitch slapping on us with reality.I’ll get used to it,or maybe not.....
Elmo in the Hood Official I totally see what you did there,I am a JP fan,and maybe a dinosaur fan,and I probably caused a controversy here,and why I did that because I am assuming you are one.just.saying.
1993: Look, Steven. Stevy-boi. Spielbergien. Your depiction of the T-rex is wrong. 2018: Hey Steve? Remember when we said you were wrong? Well... _oops_
@@majora5651 I would argue that the size is a result of tampering by Dr. Wu. Remember, the JP dinosaurs were made to be attractions in a theme park, and they'd had DNA from other animals spliced into their genomes to fill in the gaps. There's no telling how much all that splicing has changed those dinosaurs, whether it be size or capabilities (Frilled Lizard + Spitting Cobra + Dilophosaurus?).
If we travel 65.5 million light years away from earth in about two months and get a really powerful telescope capable of seeing the surface of earth from where we end up then we might.
Im glad to learn that TRex had lips. I'm curious to know what he used his hands for, and how he slept, and how he got up off the ground. It was interesting to learn that the 1-3 ton animals generally don't benefit from fur/feathers.
people always argue about what looks make it the trex look scarier and most people say that the feathers make it look silly and im just like trust me is you ever met a trex the last thing you would think about is it looks
And why does it matter? Like as long as it is accurate to how it used to be, we cant just be like "no i dont like that one because it doesnt look scary enough so i dont want to believe thats how it looks when it was alive and real" like we cant just change the past
@Hans Hubner The Spinosaurus is my favorite dinosaur, but your statement is very incorrect, the Spino was bigger, but it would be destroyed by a T-Rex in a fight, Spinos just aren't made for fighting large land carnivores
Before feathers the t-Rex looked normal, with feathers the t-Rex looked either goofy or perfect, after the feathers became scales again the t-Rex looks naked.
Yeah I saw the blog, and really liked it. As for the model!? Although I will miss the partly feathered trex, I think this one is really, really, really good and more accurate in terms of the whole body shape, muscles and size! These guys did an amazing job, they didn't just make a scaly t-rex, they did they're homework. From the rips, avian scales, arms, to the size. It's amazing to finally see this model, and I hope to see it in the game, in the upcoming years! As for the other member of tyrannosaurids, since the scales are secondarily evolved feathers, with the right natural selection, the possibilities of the covering for the other, more smaller late cretaceous tyrannosaurids are still there! I think this man (Donkknowhattodraw94) great deviantart work here, shows what I'm talking about: img00.deviantart.net/da85/i/2017/180/f/a/tyrannosaurids_and_their_feathers_by_dontknowwhattodraw94-dbehdy2.jpg Edit 100 likes! This is probably largest and most quickest amount of likes, thank you to anyone who liked my comment!
TBH JP's Rex is still pretty darn accurate from a visual perspective. Sure, not everything in the movie was accurate, but many of the designs (T-rex, Brachiosaurus (Giraffetitan), parasarolephus) still hold up fairly well. Plus the movie almost single-handedly got people to stop viewing dinosaurs as slow lumbering beast and started to get people to see them as agile, intelligent and dangerous.
Well if you miss feathery _T. rex_ you still have _Yutyrannus._ It's not as large as Rexy and it has longer arms, but fossil evidence shows it was covered in floof.
Javontae Eaddy dinosaurs are not massive reptiles. Some dinosaurs were very small. Calling them reptiles is the same as calling you a synapsid. Sure it's technically true but I don't expect you to have scales.
When he say that? In the video about what. Dinosaurs could have feathers he mentioned that the rex could just have it when it was little or in some specific áreas.
@Red Canyon with that logic, same thing goes for trey. If he doesnt like the idea of scaly trex then he shouldnt throw "hate speech" toward the scaly trex fans
then i suddenly imagine them having peacock feathers in their backs as they hunt down their prey (with the desingt of the feathers looking like camouflage)
Well that is plausible and it works in with the large body mass theory of feather loss. A juvenile T-Rex could find feathers very beneficial for body temperature regulation as well as for camouflage.
that is very possible because small animals need some help with insulation. Camoflage colors would be a huge help with the high mortality among t-rex babies. Most never made it past age 1.
This is my theory as well. I just cannot be convinced a fully grown T-Rex had feathers. MAYBE a few on the head or the tip of the tail, but I still think if they were covered in feathers they'd overheat.
Actually, base on evo-devo science, you can not have scales and feathers on the same body anyway. In other words, rex babies are still scaly just like the adults
Though I'm more a fan of the feathered version aesthetically. I want dinosaurs to be depicted as scientifically accurately as possible and no matter what they looked like, coming face to face with a t-rex is going to be the most terrifying moment of your life. Feathers or not. I've had the unfortunate pleasure of seeing a fully grown ostrich being a bit cranky so just scale that up and I'll probably die of shock on the spot before I get eaten.
@@sslocke I personally think that feathers can look far scarier, specially if we're talking about animals like Dakotaraptor, Yutyrannus, and similar animals. Don't believe me? Take a look at this giant petrel that just finished feasting on a seal's carcass (TW: Gore): abinantarctica.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/img_5981.jpg
@@primisoda1400 Fair enough, maybe the thing I find so unsettling about this photography is the petrel's eyes combined with blood-coated face. The eyes make the petrel look like it's gaze is piercing directly into your soul IMO, calculating when or if it should take a bite.
Not quite. The Jurassic Park Rex's teeth were visible when its mouth was closed, unlike real Tyrannosaurs that hid their teeth behind lips. Also, the T-Rex in JP roared, which we know is impossible since the vocal cords required to "roar" wouldn't yet exist in the fossil record until millions of years after the Chicxulub impact. Also, real Tyrannosaurs had forward facing binocular eyes that could see and track very well, unlike the JP Rex that could only detect movement.
@@SullyFox they actually acknowledge that in the movie. All dinosaurs in jp have had their dna heavily modified. Someone even says they would have looked a lot different if they were accurately reconstructed.
@@SullyFox certainly there are differences but who is to say what perceptions will change in the future ? Perhaps they did roar or perhaps their teeth did show ? I know current data shows otherwise but to that end as was stated Jurassic park acknowledges the inaccuracies and for the most part my comment is highlighting the idea that people tried to push the idea that T-Rex was covered in modern feathers as opposed to possibly some primordial ones
@@SullyFox "real" lmao it has yet to be confirmed if dinosaurs had lips and yet u still refer to current theorys as "real" when it may as well change in the future
Bro he apologized saying that his response to this was rushed and that the feather loving character is more of a persona, he stated in his 2017 recap other ideas about feathers and agreed with the evidence in the same video. How is he gonna be mad? Plus this was from 2017 so he already talked about
It's an old trick in publishing that is meant to grab the reader's attention. As a general rule you can usually answer it yourself with 'No', as it is mostly just bait, with the question often being rhetorical (because the author doesn't know the answer) or not even indicative of the underlying story. That's how you get headlines like: "Is this celebrity pregnant?" or "Can this drug heal cancer?". In this instance however the question is nonsense because the title as a statement is already more exciting than the question, which apparently is 'Yes' anyway.
Person, I feel like young tyrannosaurs have feathers or maybe thin quill like feathers, for camo, maybe to simulate bushes or ground texture, or even to appear like a raptor young, and then when the get larger and they can defend them self the loose these feathers, but it could be that some adults have small “hairs” (left over feathers) from their youth, but this may be not that common
Im sure it would be pretty accurate because we usually do get our bodies buried or preserved in some way unlike the prehistoric ages where dead things were usually left on the ground and got lucky if the bones didn’t decompose in the dirt
Nah, it will be the woman becoming the dominant species, between the Dino’s and man , they need to get tired of the man’s stupidity, I mean when they don’t know if Dino’s had feathers or what, and they don’t know what a woman is, that’s pretty sad,
One day someone will not be able to take all the different dinosaur theories and just revive one. That day... Scientist 1: I DID IT! I REVIVED A DINOSAUR! Scientist 2: Dave you performed CPR on a rock pigeon.
We can’t really make a dinosaur. If we did, then it wouldn’t look the same. It’s kinda like the JW movie, where Dr. Wu said all the dinosaurs have frog dna as filler.
Its amazing looking back at this 2 years later. This was the start of a new era for trex. It feels like the saurian rex has been the gold standard for all accurate trex designs since. Pnso, the field museum, beasts of the Mesozoic, and rebor have all designed similar models to this design since, and I finally feel at rest knowing that the accurate image of trex will likely not change for a long time, if ever
"The feathered T-Rex so many of us had gotten used to seeing" *laughs in the days of Jurassic Park, Land Before Time, and Turok* I was never big on the whole feathered rex
Feathered dinosaurs are lame. When I heard of them having feathers it really was a huge let down. Of course yutyrannus had them, but most "feathered" dinosaurs I just couldn't bring myself to like
@@keonejones7283 , Im just saying it maybe because humans and whales still have some leftover microhairs from our and their ancestors, so maybe t.rex could have microfeathers from its ancestors
@@spinosaurusstriker But microhairs DO have a beneficial sensory and temperature regulatory purpose in humans. At the scale of a Trex, as the video said, the benefit of things even such as feathers, far less, microfeathers, is minimal.
@@the_ender947 No he hasn't lmao. He's always had an inconsistent upload schedule. Also, a couple months ago he went back and admitted he was wrong about the new studies.
Ok, as a zoologist, I'm going to snipe and snipe hard on this. From the still images, it appears that they have placed about 2/3 of the body mass anterior of the hips. There is no way the animal could keep from tipping forward. They need to either add mass to the tail or subtract from the head or the anterior torso or this thing could never walk in the horizontal posture that most paleontologists believe that they did.
Kevin Calongne the image makes the tail look more ratty then it actually is and the tail muscles are based on what we know the muscles in the tail looked like based on the scars they left and when we add in the belly ribs T.rex ends up being very barrel shaped around the body area. Also it needed some very big neck muscles given it’s huge head and it wasn’t as front heavy as one would expect given it has air sacs.
You can't just look at the musculature. Fat distribution is also a necessary component, and, if you look at some lizards, crocodilians, and birds; they have significant fat deposits in the tail. The air sacs are so evenly distributed as to likely not have much impact on balance. I have always felt that Tyrannosaur reconstructions with a slimmer anterior build and a more robust tail were more realistic. The truth may not look that much like any of the reconstructions, since we really don't have any living animals like the bipedal dinosaurs.
Kevin Calongne trex was a warm blooded animal, modern reptiles aren’t a good comparison in most situations especially since most reptiles who do have fat tails live in areas with little food. Also trex itself was bulky, it could’t look slim even if it tried and with its its giant head it would need muscle in the neck and chest area and as far as I know the air sacs weren’t evenly distributed in most theropods. Also a big fat tail is going to cause more issue with balance since in the back end.
Yea Kevin!! The laws of physics apply to all including our Lord of Destruction TRex. Also note small jaw muscles, are these the source of the greatest bite force ever on land? Still in all I'm impressed by the best description yet!
DRAGON OF THE WEST JP exaggerates the size of most dinos. That’s mainly for dramatic effect and because of the props and costumes being used. Case in point was the velociraptors.
DRAGON OF THE WEST The thing is people always use Sue as a reference for their reconstructions. She was 43ft long and stood 14ft tall. Making her one of the largest, if not, the largest Tyrannosaurus found. The average T. rex found was probably more along the lines of 37ft.
I always thought that the t-Rex had feathers until its adolescent years, or at about ten years of age. I wish we could travel back in time to see it ourselves.
@@oldshoes4290 Because feathers are good for insulation and its quite possible smaller teen and kid trex needed that heat to stay warm. Personally I doubt it though given how most large animals with little hair have more at young ages, like elephants, rhinos, and such. Granted it could be argued that they might have a molting stage like a lot of birds do, like since a lot of birds molt their child feathers for new ones. Could be possible they go through taht but dont replace the feather, though I kinda dont imagine that would be the case.
OachadeSweg.. oh ya that's a good one lets just go with that. Or we could ALL GATHER AROUND while I tell you the tr uth. (Honestly, that is a good one though I am suprised the "ex sperts" didn't think of and go with that THATS NOT SARCASM. ) HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY the ACUAL tr Uth is even better than your theory which in my opinion is Quite clever indeed!
I think there is still something wrong about the anatomy of the T. rex, for the forelimbs have diminished due to the enlarging of the head to accommodate the jaws as the hind limbs enlarged to carry the weight of the animal, while the forelimbs diminished, but still have the body of a four legged animal, meaning that the mass in front of the hips is greater than the mass behind the hips, meaning the tail, which would have to have the same weight as the body and head, to balance the animal on the hips as a fulcrum, which it does not appear to be.
@@Scigatt Not to mention pneumatic bones, very likely filled with air sacs. Furthermore, the largest muscle mass is on the hips and in the legs, which are centered on its length.
Excellent presentation of ongoing work. I can't fathom the many silly responses in the comments. Paleontology relies on inference from incomplete data, and this is science at its best. Thanks again, Ben!
7:30 My concerns for the T Rex here are simply responsible adult reactionarism. WHAT is the Marlboro Man doing in the T Rex's photo? I think he did enough damage getting ppl to smoke. Save the T Rexes from this heinousness. (can't believe heinousness is a word since reactionarism isn't :O) Nice video, that is pretty darn cool that they found the skin imprint.
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Fun Fact: the artist of the redesign is also the guy who designed the Pokémon in the live-action Detective Pikachu movie
Cool!
T REX I CHOSE YOU
@@finchatforharambe905 he actually did make a concept design for Tyrantrum, but it ultimately never appeared in the movie
@@ctshaffer1999 DANG IT, he's my favorite Pokemon oh well,I really wanted to see it face of against charizard or something
@@ctshaffer1999 Where can I see the concept designs?
T.Rex: "Do I have Feathers or not? Come on guys you cant be this lost on a fossil..."
*Bursts through wall*
Spinosaurus: *_"wHaT eVeN aM I???"_*
OMG your comment! xDD
But seriously do I have feathers?
Is till think more likely than not, though your intigument was probably mostly avian scales with primitive feathers down your spine and on your shoulders.
IsisMasshiro or RickRaptor105 should make this comment into a Comment.
The part about spino is too true , it’s changed so much over the decades and even some of its earliest discovered remains were BLOWN UP in the allied bombing during WW2
Dinosaurs could have worn top hats and we wouldn’t be able to tell
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I’d say that dinosaur society revolved around certain dinos being able to wear things and other not being able too. The more fancy dinos would wear Bowties and Hats while others could not. Poor Trex could not wear both.
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Until we find a 65m+ year old fossilised top-hat!
@sum body Oh come on.... can you imagine T.Rex tryna tie its bowtie with _those_ arms?!
Yes we would. But no doubt T. rex mainly wore cowboy hats since it lived in Montana and Wyoming.
Feathers or no feathers, the T-Rex is amazing.
@@LolBrat123 Thats not a t rex and theres also scale impressions from t rex
@@gamersquid9987 I was hoping someone would fall for that
One time i was at my uncle's farm when suddenly a mouse got out of a wall and ran in front of us across the patio. A rooster pecking next to the hen house noticed it as well. I didn't even had time to understand what was going on that the rooster started chasing the mouse, pinned it to the ground with its beak, threw it in the air and swallowed it head first.
So when i heard some scientists saying that T-rex had feathers, i thought: Yeah that sounds about right.
Like Pansexuals. Penis, No penis, Humans are amazing
What a great take. I feel the same, because I love the twists and turns between the theories of people that do this for their living. One thing that's obvious is that they have demonstrated how crazy close several dinosaurs are to birds tho.
It’s so crazy to me that these actually existed.
Blue whale its even more impressive
@@raynel1000 megalodon is a lot better
It's insane. I dont think people really understand these animals once walked the same earth we did.
TheGamingHispanic21 thats exactly why its incredible
@@jordanrodriguez6412 Not the same earth at all, 1st of all, Tyrannousaurus Rex only lived in Laramidia which was western north america when north america was divided in two lands by the western interior sea. 2nd, botanically and climatologically the earth was much different 65 million years ago. Other than that, it was still the same planet, that's for sure.
Male T rex, "I love you this much!"
Female T rex, "That's not very much."
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T-rex: I am the most undeciced dinosaur in science
Giga: Shut up my size changes like every month
Spino: Hold my beer
Bipedal
Quadrupedal
Bipedal with short legs
Short snout
Fish eater
Can't swim
What??!?!!?!?!?!!??!?!??????????!!!!!??!
No. Spino would say hold my Onchopristis and T. Rex would be like I can't hold that!!
Giganotosaurus' size changes every month? Are you sure that its not just people who play ARK that think it is way bigger than its known to have been for many years?
It’s a joke idiot
Spino: "Hold my Onchopristis"
Everyone when they realize T-Rex may have had feathers: "NOOOO! You're ruining my childhood!" D:<
Everyone when they realize T-Rex most likely didn't have feathers anyway: "Awww, but my fluffy Rexy" :(
Hmmm.....that ridiculous fantasy lizard with giant hips and microscopic hands NEVER existed.
@@maryjane5754 Shut the fuck up bro and they weren’t lizard dum dum.
@@maryjane5754 Cope and seethe
@@maryjane5754 how? there are so many proofs of their existance it's literally a fact...saying earth is flat makes more sense than the bullshit you just dropped right now
if dinosaurs didn't exist then birds don't exist either
also be more creative with your trolls next time lol
@@maryjane5754 it's obvious that they are just big monkeys
Friend: I finished the test, the back was hard.
Me, who didn’t even know
there was a back: 6:47
Me, realizing I over-thought a simple question and got the wrong answer while wasting time
*2:25
Bruh
420th like
*sad t-rex noises*
To give you an idea, take the skeletons of a lion and a tiger. Both big cats, their skeletons nearly identical. What indication would the bones give to tell anyone who has never seen the animals alive that one has a lot of colors and stripes and the other a huge mane?
Skin impressions could give the clue about the mane.
Tiger and Lion skeletons are far from nearly identical, though I get your general point.
Hopefully life after humans aren't stupid then.
Sure, but skin impressions would clearly show they were both covered in hair as opposed to being bald, which is the more accurate analogy to the T-rex situation.
Most likely they will be a able to tell the lions had manes due to the impressions of the differences do to the larger mass of hair and length around the neck area, then with the difference between the skulls of a lion compared to a tigers skull, they will then know that this animal had a mane was a Male lion and this skull that has a lion skull but no mane is the female
Jurassic park: "You could not live with your own failure, where did that bring you? Back to me."
hahahahha
Lib still, the T Rex didn’t looked at all like JP's Rex. Get over it.
@@David-ni5hj It's a joke
@@David-ni5hj it did. But Real life T rex had orange colors and didnt roar
@DavGP1208 butt hurt much? you do realise the movie came out in 1993 and there model was designed (helped) by palaeontologists so yeah not accurate now but back then top notch and its frackly much accurate then some of these feathered shit people have.
Saw a cartoon once. There were two T Rex's standing on a small Island. They were watching Noah's ark sail away. One T Rex turned to the other and said " oh crap, was that today?
Lol
Robot chicken show
I'm literally laughing out loud! 🤣🤣🤣
@@virglibrsaglove Thanks, I actually have the original cartoon still hanging on my kitchen wall .
@@rickramsdell520 It's just so perfect! 🤣
*Me, age 5:* Omg dinosaurs are so cool! *Me, age 11:* dinosaurs are so childish wtf!!! *Me, right now at age 17:* Dinosaurs are so fucking cool
Fucking Norman
They were a fascination of mine when I was a child. Then something occured and I lost my interest. Though I have never had a bad impression of them. And now stumbling upon this vid I recall warm memories of a time when my life never seemed grim as it is now.
@@БагердзюцуБаныка Dinosaurs are not for kids... but when parents buy you dinosaur toys and such, then you later think it's childish until you get interested again
Kids now:
5: We like fortnite
11: Get the fuck out my room I'm playing fortnite
17: fucking fortnite kid, let me play LoL
they are just animals not for kids not for adults just animals so they are not for a certain age it's just what kind of animals you like and if you are intrested about paleontology and that's what i hate some people say dinosaurs are childish like they are some kind of cartoon they are animals just like birds fish mammals reptiles insects
don't worry im not talking about you im talking in general
reminds me of exactly what i thought it looked like 30 years ago.
HITLER PO´´
so basically we are getting nowhere..
@@matthewmasood no there are quite a few differences, lips covering teeth, more inward facing arms, and MUCH less skin wrapped overall it looks like it could be a living breathing animal now and not just a godzilla movie monster
I must admit, as big fan of dinosaurs, I really feel quite indifferent about weather they had feathers or not. I am only interested in truth. Whatever the outcome of studies, I'll take it with joy.
Yeah, I liked the megachickenosaurus rex, oh well, at least it’s not a crocycrocascalosaurus, but a dryamphibianlookingosaurus.
@@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 Love your profile xDD
@@anomalocaristheabnormalshr3248 Casserole.
Whether
Truth is
They all had mullets
"The Saurian rex is just about as thicc as it can be".
Good.
T.rex was far more intelligent than all the Carnosaurs, whatever size they were Sherlock.
@@michealtaylor7745 a different kind of thick mate.
@@michealtaylor7745
Dump truck ass and a big mind
Win
@@pugasaurusrex8253 interesting
😩
Damn so that purple dinosaur Barney was the last closest representation we had of t rex then ?
I really doubt T. rex was that closely represented by Barney because I cannot imagine it singing that badly even if it did not have vocal cords that enable it to roar like a supersized lion.
Louis Boyd Barney was Raspberry in color and could do comedy monologues.
Louis Boyd Destiny... Is not without irony
T-Rex was purple and had green polka dots, come on people.
walmartpimp2 dAm right
Damn so was Barney the last living T-Rex, hell of a drug dealer!
Thats what I was gonna say
I hate you,
You hate me,
We're a dysfunctional family...
Inspired by one of the theme songs from "Barney"
thorody the sinodaur
Why can't people be this accurate when representing medieval setting too? This is cool and it dosen't promote misconceptions/misinformation about the cretaceous era or its wild life
If you want a really accurate medieval based game i would recommend Kingdom Come Deliverance.
Its based in medieval Bohemia
@@kingtigertheheavy5945 I concur, this is a good recommendation. I love that game.
@@kingtigertheheavy5945 Yes, it is very good. I was one of the original supporters, I waited 2 years for that game to be finished/made and I can say I was NOT dissappointed.
King Tiger The heavy whats accurate about it lol, hardly anything
fieldmarshaljoe Exactly. The developers kept talking about how they wanted to create a realistic medieval game.
So people just assumed that everything within the game was mostly accurate, when the vast majority was inaccurate.
Hey guys, it’s your favorite mega theropod from the Maastrichtian! Looks like I’m getting a new redesign for saurian, and I’m flattered! I know it is different from what most people liked, but I guess we gotta change. It’s one of the things I love about paleontology, it always advances with new info. Thanks to the saurian team.
Love, T. rex
Aw hey tyrant lizard king/queen!
@@ivancheongyokekuen4053 hello :D
@@tyrannosaurusrex8183 are you level 400+? If so I wanna tame you
No you are not my favorite mega theropod but ok
My favourite Dino! wait...... HOW ARE YOU TYPING?!??!?!!?!?!?!
I think T Rex was an ambush hunter, I think he was covered in moss, mud, debris and pretended to be a tree.
Probably a boulder instead.
T Rex was too thicc to be a tree.
@@NoName-ze4qn Trees were bigger back then, there are fossils of leaves a couple of feet across. But whatever, he could have been a pile of dirt, just a motionless piece of nature. Dinosaurs were dumb, it wouldn't take much to fool them.
But were they found in Vietnam?
Shit that reminded me of scp 682
T-Rex: When will they figure out if I had feathers or not?
Spinosaurus: Oh please, they thought I was a fish!
Therizinosaurus: Hmm? I didn't hear you over them saying I was a turtle.
Iguanodon and Megalosaurus: Keep talking.
Why is this so accurate
Iguanadon nose horn!!!!
GENIUS
This got me laughing!t undderated
Diplodocus: uhhhhhhh
I only understand this because of ark
Before you all say that you prefer the feathered T-Rex, remember that there is still the fully feathered Yutyrannus.
And the fact that if T. rex had feathers as a baby, it wouldn’t lose all of them by the time it grew up as well. Like how over the span of 50m years (probably got that wrong) whales still have hair
@@skiwee2092 changing the amount of hair on your body as you grow up is hardly the same as changing feathers into scales as you grow. no animal has been shown to change the stuff that grows on their body, so the elephant example everyone throws around really doesn't work for the t-rex. besides that, there's really no evidence that babys had feathers, so considering it as true would be dishonest. the t-rex might have had some vestigial feathers the same way a whale has some hairs, but they would be so small and spread out over their bodies that they might as well not be there.
Yes! I love the boi!
Yep but yutyrannus is not that closely related to tyrannosaurus. Look at the fingers.
Skiwee Deewee yeah, it’s not like birds lose all their feathers as they age! I mean, it feels like we are kind of hinting at them being more like crocodiles.
The whole reason why alligators can't move their tongue is because it's fused to their lower pallet
@@michealtaylor7745 Birds can move their tongue though? Though maybe I didn't understand what you meant. All I know is I have a pet bird and I've witnessed him lick things and use his tongue to help him eat stuff. I have heard they have a bone in their tongue though and my birds tongue definitely seems like it would be a lot firmer/tougher than like a mammal's tongue.
Word?!?
@@michealtaylor7745 but there saying trex wouldn't move it's tongue a lot because of alligators that is so stupid
@@michealtaylor7745 also birds can move there tongue a lot what are you talking about and we don't know what theropod dinosaur tongues looked like the only reason crocodilians can't move there tongue is because it's fused to there lower pallet and that's because there aquatic and use it's tongue to close it's air ways while in the water why would a land theropod need a adaptation used only for aquatic use and would never appear on land
this is fake everyone know t rex had lips and a mustache
Joe Martinez
And a Top hat, monocle, and cane. We also know their mating call and they danced a little jig to impress females.
“Hello my baby, hello my honey, hello my ragtime gal!”
Was it a pencil thin mustache?
An Prehistoric Mustache!!!
U forgot beard 😂
Nah it was a toothbrush moustache, watch out for dinosaur hitler!
T. Rex's comically small arms getting even smaller? Fine with me.
I mean at this point they just look like hard nipples...
Tell that to the Carno
Majungasaurus: Hold my carcass
Before you know it they won't have arms
You want comically small? Look at Carnotaurus
its just so mindblowing knowing that flightless dragons existed.
they look nothing like dragons
@@firegator6853 they look sorta like dragons without spikes.
@@vielvladimirvaldez6917 idk i don't see any similarity except the sharp teeth that theropods have like all carnivorous toothed animals
i dont see the similiraty just maybe the legs but only to wyverns to i dont see similarities with classic dragons and chinese dragons
@@ulink265 yeah nvm they look more wyvern-ey
new research:
"T-rex didn't have feathers."
Trey the explainer:
"REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!"
Janne-K he actually apologized in a video he made saying that he was “rushed” in he’s response.
@@onionhater5887 no he didn't.
Link?
@@onionhater5887 link?
@@Janne-k- He does it in the comment section of this video th-cam.com/video/Y89wkWYOXgI/w-d-xo.html
Janne-K it’s in the recap video he made for 2017 and a video by akrex
Saurian is a really amazing project
I apprechiate their accuracy over nostalgia..its important to make updates based off of scientific discoveries and not just leave the models inaccurate because "they look cool" ..
Cool project and I bought the game but sadly refunded since while it’s cool to look at its not a very ‘fun’ game to play. I had pretty much experienced it all in half an hour
vianjelos The whole point of Saurian is to be scientifically accurate, so yeah lol
I’m so incredibly glad the project exists as well. I don’t even really care about gameplay, I just want accurate and groundbreaking reconstructions in an interactive environment (and one that is easily accessible to the general public!). It’s an amazing achievement, and I’d give all my money to it just for that if it was practical lmao
Will Saurian be as fun as Ark is? 😛
CrimsonXWyvernHD no, because it's more realistic. But it'll be fascinating for sure.
If you're happy and you know it clap your...oh:(
Hahaha
Well at least he can stomp his feet
hahahahahhahaha
if you're happy and you know it stomp your feet!
PerfectSloth 26
Mmmmmm yummy feet
Why people ever romanticized the idea of a feathered Tyrannosaurus is beyond me. I've seen countless "I miss the feathers" comments, but this isn't some fandom. We don't get to prefer what we want when it comes to science. These are animals, and frankly it doesn't matter what your preference of it is. Be prepared to drop established concepts of Dinosaurs as you know them, as they are bound to change with new evidence.
It goes both directions, people were complaining about "I miss the scaly Trex" on many videos.
Feathers look cool but, eh. I don't mind either way.
Pretty sad comment thread.
@Hamish Rev science doesn't care about your feelings. Get over it.
@@shitpost9237 feathered dinosaurs are fine but, t Rex wasn't feathered. You can argue all you want but science says it doesn't have feathers. So yeah.
That redesign honestly looks awesomely close to the 2020-T-Rex reconstruction model at Field Museum, called "Sue" or "Fleshy".
1:22 D E S P A C I T O S A U R U S
“Alexasaurus, play despacitosaurus”
Daspleteosaurus? Fuck off, nerd.
Despacitosaurus? F U C K Y E A H
Daspletosaurus
Despacito memes are dead asf
@@gergopiroska1943 "ate dead af"
@@zeropomegranates9976 it's called "misspelling"
ARE ARE ARE ARE ARE Are you happy now?
T-Rex starts scaly, gets feathers, then becomes scaly again
Spinosaurus starts bipedal, becomes a quadruped, then becomes bipedal again
Hmmmmmmm I'm smelling some kind of Jurassic Park conspiracy here 🤔
All jokes aside, this was very interesting!
Next trikes will have four horns!
@@kr1st0saurus actually trikes never technically existed and are just a baby of another species mistakenly thought to have been it's own species... Ha...ha... Look up taurosaurus
I don't think spinos are bipedal again.
@@sinny5404 or triceratops and taurasaurus were two different species.
@@maxsainz2279 I was quoting a theory they had going. It's not confirmed or denied
I'm sad to see the feathered t rex go, but the logic and research behind it seems pretty reasonable. The question is; if the adult didn't have feathers because of its size, did the babies have any feathers? It would be pretty interesting if the babies hatched with feathers, then molted them permanently once they grew to a certain size.
Kinda like how Hoatzin chicks are born retaining claws on their wings, but lose them once their wings are developed enough to fly.
As the blog says, it's very possible that this could occur, but since it's not known to happen in any other animal they have decided not to include it in their restoration.
I'd say that it would depend on whether or not it would be evolutionarily advantageous for the young to have feathers.
Personally, I think it would make sense for them to have them, as feathers would provide extra warmth, camouflage, and protection in a particularly vulnerable stage of life. We'll have to wait and see if this is supported by evidence or not in the future, of course.
I'd like this to be true but it'd be the only creature to lose it's feathering entirely from adolescent into adulthood
@@petercarioscia9189 in fairness, there are no animals like the dinosaurs alive today. Pachyderms are born hairless because most mammals are, regardless. All birds, however, are born with feathers; Tyrannosaurs, being non-avian birds, could very well be the same.
Again, it is up for debate until evidence can prove or disprove the hypothesis that infant Tyrannosaurs were feathered.
@@DISTurbedwaffle918 You've got it mixed up. T.rex was not a non-avian bird, birds are non-avian dinosaurs. A non-avian bird is an oxymoron
dinos are something i honestly appreciate and admire their existence
Thats my new pick-up line : "hey there... I really admire your existence"
That’s a phrase I could single-handedly make popular.
I wasn’t fine with the feather Rex, now I realise it’s kinda cute
I feel you I am kinda sad now
Well it’s not supposed to
Never underestimate the king of tyrant lizards
I’m honestly really glad trex probably didnt have feathers
@@JetStream_Mann In reality, its not supposed to be anything. It was a real, breathing animal.
Props for actually redeveloping according to new scientific discoveries!
Except many paleontologists have refuted the new discoveries and Saurian's claims using examples from T-rex's closest living relatives; birds. Feathers don't have to only insulate, and in fact many feathers are used to diffuse heat, like a heat sink. that and there have been studies found that T-rex's relatives, such as Yutyrannus, were covered in feathers, and gave many real life examples of the ecosystem that currently resides in the Hell Creek formation then and now that state that; T-rex did indeed have feathers, we just don't know how many
@@lEGOBOT2565 we need to think of trex and yutyarannus (misspelled) like african elephant and mammoths see what ? Yuti has feathers cuz it lived in a colder place AND besides that yuri is not so related compared to alberto, tarbo and gorgo just by looking at the arms and again yti more looked more like a featherd allosaurus then a t.rex (not that yuti is a allosaurus species)
@@randomdude-fp6jm except that Yutyrannus lived in a warmer period of time and more south that T-Rex. So shouldn't T-Rex also have feathers?
@@lEGOBOT2565 does a afrrican elephant 0% fur (my god that spelling 10/10) no a african elephant has little feathers but id say the covrage of a t.rex should be = arms the rest... i d k
@@randomdude-fp6jm from how you phrased it, you pretty much said "T-Rex shouldn't have any feathers"
"Most accurate T-Rex representation"
Me: CHONK !
is it just me or is he looking kinda *T H I C C*
I'm trying to hunt Triceratops, but I'm dummy THICC and the clap of my cheeks keeps alerting them!
This collaboration between gaming and biological science is so endlessly impressive!!
I'm 100% certain dinosaurs wore Jordan's and had waves
Yeah i agree
T rex boi: wave check
T rex other boi: that shits fire! Check out my new kicks, theyre jordans
And had air pods
They forgot the Jerry curl juice
M- you are absolutely correct
@@MoistDelta. yup. AIr pods for sure
the problem with Saurian is that they focus so much time and effort on the realistic dinosaur models...they are missing an overall realistic experience.
the Cretaceous forest should be teaming with flying and crawling insects, small mammals, and flying birds, yet all you see are the big animals, and that is especially apparent in the juvenile stage when you are small dinosaur foraging the undergrowth.
I would imagine an adult dinosaur would also attract small animals, just like how elephants have a following of egrets and oxpeckers, so would Triceratops or an Ankylosaurus must have been a great attraction for smaller Cretaceous animals.
Had the focus was on only one playable animal, and a richer lively environment the game would be much less disappointing and much more enthralling, right now it's just too lifeless and empty.
The game isnt complete, so many animals are still to be added, such as mammals. However, they have a size limit in mind when adding in new animals, with Chamops being an example of the smallest an animal can be to pass through into the game due to optimization. Right now there already is a bird, depalma's orinthurine. There are two more birds to come as well, Brodavis, and Avisaurus.
Do keep in mind that it's still not even in alpha yet, it's going to be a while...
Gad Yariv my boy the game isn’t done yet and yeah there going to to be obviously touching up the animals that you play as more than other animals
Sorry but I couldn't keep quiet.. lol.
Triceratops isn't a dinosaur (well kind of. Let me explain)
When they first found triceratops they were vexed by why they could never find baby trike skeletons besides those in eggs. Well they discovered the Taurosaurus. And with it they found out that the triceratops wasn't a full dinosaur, it was just a baby taurosaurus the whole time. Since triceratops was discovered first it's a sensitive topic whether it's a taurosaurus or our beloved trike.
Though taurosaurus looks much different . The crest we all know actually splits down the middle as it grows.
I've heard Jack Horner's argument regarding the Triceratops/Torosaurus though his claims have been supported for other late cretaceous species the Triceratops vs Torosaurus debate has been more murky due to research supporting both possibilities in the Triceratops / Torosaurus debate.
I think that since t-rex was an animal, it ought to have had some fat in life, rather than being shrink-wrapped like the jp rex.
Witch jp rex
Haha Trex fat lip boi
some might have buts its like a dog/lion fast apex predator means low bodyfat generally
JP Rex was anorexic that is why she was so skinny. All the Dinosaurs were female so there was lots of peer pressure to be skinny.
@@lollol-kz8vc Well not obese, like general fat that they would have along with muscles
One thing that still amazes me is the balance it maintains. This large mass extending outward in both directions on the feet. Makes me think balance was an essential part of its nervous system. It must have had a three axis vestibular system. I’m a microbiologist, so thinking about this is new to me.
Hi
Elmo in the Hood Official i guess you’re a fan of a fucking Kfc Chicken huh?
@@godzillakingofthemonsters6540 why are feathered dinosaurs always compared to chickens? Why not vultures or eagles? Chickens are omnivores, while t rex is a predator like eagles. Plus all birds are very distantly related to t rex, so when we say that t rexs closest living relatives are birds, we mean it's closer to birds than, say, a dog for example. Also, just because some dinosaurs had feathers, dosn't mean they were birds. Like, let's say, all modern mammals go extinct, exept for bats, and reptiles are the ones to fill the niche of the other mammals, including human. By this logic a reptile would say that all mammals are bats, because all mammals have hair.
Un canal sec 857 R/woosh that’s true,but don’t forget the fact that they are compared because “birds” are the Dinosaurs of today.
And Why I said Chicken is because,look at it,the feathered Tyrannosaurus Rex looks nothing,but a chicken,it’s covered in furr
But since science is sometimes a bitch slapping on us with reality.I’ll get used to it,or maybe not.....
@@godzillakingofthemonsters6540 What makes you say that? and no im not a fan of feathered or non feathered I prefer science.
Elmo in the Hood Official I totally see what you did there,I am a JP fan,and maybe a dinosaur fan,and I probably caused a controversy here,and why I did that because I am assuming you are one.just.saying.
1993: Look, Steven. Stevy-boi. Spielbergien. Your depiction of the T-rex is wrong.
2018: Hey Steve? Remember when we said you were wrong? Well... _oops_
The skull shape, arms, and overall size were still very off though.
@@crampus8205 how far off were was the size in JP?
@@gangweedernigga4012 both longer and lighter in weight than the real deal.
JP‘s T-Rex was basically a skinny legend, but like - way too big in size
@@majora5651 I would argue that the size is a result of tampering by Dr. Wu. Remember, the JP dinosaurs were made to be attractions in a theme park, and they'd had DNA from other animals spliced into their genomes to fill in the gaps. There's no telling how much all that splicing has changed those dinosaurs, whether it be size or capabilities (Frilled Lizard + Spitting Cobra + Dilophosaurus?).
... Can't we just time travel to figure this out?
Hehe, I wish :)
I dreamed with this day for many nights...
**doctor who theme starts**
If we travel 65.5 million light years away from earth in about two months and get a really powerful telescope capable of seeing the surface of earth from where we end up then we might.
Also, no danger of getting eaten, bonus :-)
Im glad to learn that TRex had lips. I'm curious to know what he used his hands for, and how he slept, and how he got up off the ground. It was interesting to learn that the 1-3 ton animals generally don't benefit from fur/feathers.
They're arms can lift 200 lbs. They probably used them to hold the mate while mating.
@@awesomeexpress1295 *400 lbs
@@awesomeexpress1295 Or also hold the prey while crushing their necks
Wait-isn’t it possible that young Tyrannosaurids had feathers and as they age the shed feathers?
Pretty sure that's been proven
You can’t have feathers and scales underneath
@@totallynotjevii574 well what he meant is that the feathers shed as they grow older
@@totallynotjevii574 i think that just might be possible, look at modern day birds
yes
6:46 genuine fear
nah, they're just having flashbacks
tfw mom opens the homework folder
tfw your mom types in "h" in the Google search bar on your computer
Nice pfp
@@yoboikamil525 I don’t get it
people always argue about what looks make it the trex look scarier and most people say that the feathers make it look silly and im just like trust me is you ever met a trex the last thing you would think about is it looks
damn right
And why does it matter? Like as long as it is accurate to how it used to be, we cant just be like "no i dont like that one because it doesnt look scary enough so i dont want to believe thats how it looks when it was alive and real" like we cant just change the past
@@pogpogpurinn amen brother well said
@Hans Hubner i have to disagree with etter bight
@Hans Hubner The Spinosaurus is my favorite dinosaur, but your statement is very incorrect, the Spino was bigger, but it would be destroyed by a T-Rex in a fight, Spinos just aren't made for fighting large land carnivores
I love that they put so much effort into being accurate about what he looked like. 👍
Before feathers the t-Rex looked normal, with feathers the t-Rex looked either goofy or perfect, after the feathers became scales again the t-Rex looks naked.
Before/After, what about how it looked in between!
Jason Hatt in between is the one with feathers..
@@lawabiding9152 I mean In between going from scales to feathers, when it's half feathered half scaled.
Jason Hatt id still consider that feathered
@@lawabiding9152 Let's get some money from a college to study this
Yeah I saw the blog, and really liked it. As for the model!? Although I will miss the partly feathered trex, I think this one is really, really, really good and more accurate in terms of the whole body shape, muscles and size! These guys did an amazing job, they didn't just make a scaly t-rex, they did they're homework. From the rips, avian scales, arms, to the size. It's amazing to finally see this model, and I hope to see it in the game, in the upcoming years! As for the other member of tyrannosaurids, since the scales are secondarily evolved feathers, with the right natural selection, the possibilities of the covering for the other, more smaller late cretaceous tyrannosaurids are still there! I think this man (Donkknowhattodraw94) great deviantart work here, shows what I'm talking about: img00.deviantart.net/da85/i/2017/180/f/a/tyrannosaurids_and_their_feathers_by_dontknowwhattodraw94-dbehdy2.jpg
Edit 100 likes! This is probably largest and most quickest amount of likes, thank you to anyone who liked my comment!
RIP fluffy Rex :( you will be missed
Hail Giratina The true god, didn't it still have fethers on it's head? Or dose that depend on climate?
Actually it isn’t quite RIP yet. We just know it lacked feathers on a lot of parts of its anatomy.
Bk Jeong, maybe the amount of fethers was determined by climate?
The study itself actually shows that's not too likely.
Bk Jeong, so Trex may have shed like a dog in summer? Cool!
As a dino fan for 64 years (68 yo) I've read everything I can get my hands on. This creation with the explanation seems extremely plausible.
Enjoy your retirement day's, take care
@@lokesk9938queef
While I am upset that the T-Rex no longer has feathers, I am glad we know more about the Dinosaur.
TBH JP's Rex is still pretty darn accurate from a visual perspective. Sure, not everything in the movie was accurate, but many of the designs (T-rex, Brachiosaurus (Giraffetitan), parasarolephus) still hold up fairly well. Plus the movie almost single-handedly got people to stop viewing dinosaurs as slow lumbering beast and started to get people to see them as agile, intelligent and dangerous.
Well if you miss feathery _T. rex_ you still have _Yutyrannus._ It's not as large as Rexy and it has longer arms, but fossil evidence shows it was covered in floof.
Dinosaurs with feathers seem silly anyways. What would be the purpose for a massive reptile to have feathers??
Javontae Eaddy dinosaurs are not massive reptiles. Some dinosaurs were very small. Calling them reptiles is the same as calling you a synapsid. Sure it's technically true but I don't expect you to have scales.
@@Rune_Scholar T-Rex was huge....that's what I was talking about
Trey the explainer: *internal screaming intensifies*
HAHAHAHA!!!
Jordan Peterson: Our latest studies tell us T. rex did not have feathers.
KaTrey the Newxplainer: So you're saying T. rex had feathers?
When he say that? In the video about what. Dinosaurs could have feathers he mentioned that the rex could just have it when it was little or in some specific áreas.
@Red Canyon with that logic, same thing goes for trey. If he doesnt like the idea of scaly trex then he shouldnt throw "hate speech" toward the scaly trex fans
Thinking the same thing
If you don't get why trey would scream at this then you've never watched trey the explainer
T-Rex had big, soft, luscious lips!
And a highly mobile tongue that grew in finesse as it reached sexual maturity!
@@Nersius oh my god imagine t-rexes makinh out lmfao
And pretty thicc too
Why do you not make comments that are intellectually acceptable, & why even watch this in the 1st place?
@@michealtaylor7745 it's called a joke
I don't know why or how this came on my feed, but now I want to study Dinosaurs and play this game.
I ate too much icecream today :(
If they had feathers, they would have them in areas where it's there only for cosmetic purposes (well, reproductive purposes, really).
I still like to think they had them on their arms to help with signaling to other T-Rexes
then i suddenly imagine them having peacock feathers in their backs as they hunt down their prey
(with the desingt of the feathers looking like camouflage)
Or it was only there for the young. Kinda like how Elephant calves have some fur.
I’m so glad game designers are doing their research and trying their hardest to make a realistic prehistoric game!
I think T.Rex may have feathers while he\she was a baby? Like with camouflage colors
This
Well that is plausible and it works in with the large body mass theory of feather loss. A juvenile T-Rex could find feathers very beneficial for body temperature regulation as well as for camouflage.
that is very possible because small animals need some help with insulation. Camoflage colors would be a huge help with the high mortality among t-rex babies. Most never made it past age 1.
This is my theory as well. I just cannot be convinced a fully grown T-Rex had feathers. MAYBE a few on the head or the tip of the tail, but I still think if they were covered in feathers they'd overheat.
Actually, base on evo-devo science, you can not have scales and feathers on the same body anyway. In other words, rex babies are still scaly just like the adults
Though I'm more a fan of the feathered version aesthetically. I want dinosaurs to be depicted as scientifically accurately as possible and no matter what they looked like, coming face to face with a t-rex is going to be the most terrifying moment of your life. Feathers or not.
I've had the unfortunate pleasure of seeing a fully grown ostrich being a bit cranky so just scale that up and I'll probably die of shock on the spot before I get eaten.
if i was about to be eaten by giant chicken-saurus rex I'd probably chuckle a bit before it got me. Scally T.rex i am pissing myself the whole way
@@sslocke I personally think that feathers can look far scarier, specially if we're talking about animals like Dakotaraptor, Yutyrannus, and similar animals.
Don't believe me? Take a look at this giant petrel that just finished feasting on a seal's carcass (TW: Gore):
abinantarctica.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/img_5981.jpg
@@Radiata_Lionfish honestly it would be scarier if it was a monitor lizard with blood all over its body
@@primisoda1400 Fair enough, maybe the thing I find so unsettling about this photography is the petrel's eyes combined with blood-coated face. The eyes make the petrel look like it's gaze is piercing directly into your soul IMO, calculating when or if it should take a bite.
@@Radiata_Lionfish its just that a reptile's gaze is so soulless, its only thought on its mind is to eat and kill
And we’re slowly returning to the Jurassic park Rex which has always been my favorite lol
Not quite. The Jurassic Park Rex's teeth were visible when its mouth was closed, unlike real Tyrannosaurs that hid their teeth behind lips. Also, the T-Rex in JP roared, which we know is impossible since the vocal cords required to "roar" wouldn't yet exist in the fossil record until millions of years after the Chicxulub impact. Also, real Tyrannosaurs had forward facing binocular eyes that could see and track very well, unlike the JP Rex that could only detect movement.
@@SullyFox they actually acknowledge that in the movie. All dinosaurs in jp have had their dna heavily modified. Someone even says they would have looked a lot different if they were accurately reconstructed.
@@mohammadsaleem5990 Yeah Dr. Wu the main scientist in the movie said that
@@SullyFox certainly there are differences but who is to say what perceptions will change in the future ? Perhaps they did roar or perhaps their teeth did show ? I know current data shows otherwise but to that end as was stated Jurassic park acknowledges the inaccuracies and for the most part my comment is highlighting the idea that people tried to push the idea that T-Rex was covered in modern feathers as opposed to possibly some primordial ones
@@SullyFox "real" lmao it has yet to be confirmed if dinosaurs had lips and yet u still refer to current theorys as "real" when it may as well change in the future
Trey the explainer is gonna be pissed.
EDIT: jesus. discourse in the dinosaur fandom.
???: ah fuck here we go again
Bro he apologized saying that his response to this was rushed and that the feather loving character is more of a persona, he stated in his 2017 recap other ideas about feathers and agreed with the evidence in the same video. How is he gonna be mad? Plus this was from 2017 so he already talked about
@@noahenyet3302 I think he meant that since the theory is constantly changing, he might need to put up another 'updated' videos.
@@noahenyet3302 can you send me a link to that video of Trey?
YEP-
Why do so many creators title their videos with a statement but then put a question mark on the end? It pisses me off?
Get a grip
I really hate it when they do that?
im going to start ending all my statements with question marks?
its not a statement he is asking if you think its the best representation.
It's an old trick in publishing that is meant to grab the reader's attention. As a general rule you can usually answer it yourself with 'No', as it is mostly just bait, with the question often being rhetorical (because the author doesn't know the answer) or not even indicative of the underlying story. That's how you get headlines like: "Is this celebrity pregnant?" or "Can this drug heal cancer?".
In this instance however the question is nonsense because the title as a statement is already more exciting than the question, which apparently is 'Yes' anyway.
Person, I feel like young tyrannosaurs have feathers or maybe thin quill like feathers, for camo, maybe to simulate bushes or ground texture, or even to appear like a raptor young, and then when the get larger and they can defend them self the loose these feathers, but it could be that some adults have small “hairs” (left over feathers) from their youth, but this may be not that common
Game developers: chop off feathers
Paleontologists: You should have gone for the head!
Chop off the head? I don't think T. rex will go for that!
maybe THANOS WAS THE T REX BEFORE ..
I understood that reference!
I'm wondering how the next earth dominant species are gonna be imagining us based on our skeletons.
Im sure it would be pretty accurate because we usually do get our bodies buried or preserved in some way unlike the prehistoric ages where dead things were usually left on the ground and got lucky if the bones didn’t decompose in the dirt
Feathered 😂
We are the only species that will be dominant of earth forever
Nah, it will be the woman becoming the dominant species, between the Dino’s and man , they need to get tired of the man’s stupidity, I mean when they don’t know if Dino’s had feathers or what, and they don’t know what a woman is, that’s pretty sad,
@@michaelwirth1402 you think woman are any smarter than man?
One day someone will not be able to take all the different dinosaur theories and just revive one. That day... Scientist 1: I DID IT! I REVIVED A DINOSAUR!
Scientist 2: Dave you performed CPR on a rock pigeon.
I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair. Thank you for this you get a like.
We can’t really make a dinosaur. If we did, then it wouldn’t look the same. It’s kinda like the JW movie, where Dr. Wu said all the dinosaurs have frog dna as filler.
@@aroma4728 Did you even read the comment?
Mark Witton was my university professor , and he’s knowledge about paleontology is insane .. glad I met him
Damn boy he THIC!
@J Godsey They had to be THIC. Those motherfuckers weighed 30 tons and had to eat 140 kilograms of meat a day. 🥩🦖
7:28 cowboys rode T. rex into battle
Mothinajamjar Robert Bakker silohette
This comment is hilarious in multiple ways, funnily enough not the fact Cowboys rode T Rex in to battle. But why would Cowboys go to a battle?
Welcome to True Man's Land
Except you are not riding a dinosaur,
You ARE the dinosaur.
Is that a jojo reference???
That's a fat hairy Paleontologist, not a cowboy.
no this video is fake, everyone know that t-rex makes the sound "yee"
Green skin and derpy eyes
Dinosaurs also had BIG lips
No...it sound was " booga booga boo"
And...they liked shrubbery!
No just MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
Its amazing looking back at this 2 years later. This was the start of a new era for trex. It feels like the saurian rex has been the gold standard for all accurate trex designs since. Pnso, the field museum, beasts of the Mesozoic, and rebor have all designed similar models to this design since, and I finally feel at rest knowing that the accurate image of trex will likely not change for a long time, if ever
Yes, this truly is the best image of a rex. Without feathers is the best
“We spared no expense”
This is good
“We have a T.rex!”
That we won't ever know what they looked like is the best and worst thing about dinosaurs.
till the time machine is invented...
LOL
@@blackdeath4eternity to bad time machines can only go in the future
Check out Microraptor.
there is only one way
if you enter a wormhole and observe earth before the light from millions of years ago has reached your planet from a telescope
that T-rex on the thumbnail is THICC
that's me after the quarantine
Chonky Rex
You and most of the rest of us! 🤣🤣🤣
But it’s what it really looked liked
@@alanaprem4118 true have you seen modern day animals shrink wrapped 🤣
lol how is it going?
"The feathered T-Rex so many of us had gotten used to seeing"
*laughs in the days of Jurassic Park, Land Before Time, and Turok*
I was never big on the whole feathered rex
bro same
Feathered dinosaurs are lame. When I heard of them having feathers it really was a huge let down. Of course yutyrannus had them, but most "feathered" dinosaurs I just couldn't bring myself to like
Yall are so boring omg. You've clearly never been chased by a swan or a cassowary huh.
Agreed with the bigger ones like Rexes, Trics and Sauropods, though I think feathered raptors and other small dino's would look pretty cool
@@KidBuuBuu1214 so you’re pretty much saying most theropods are lame then?
Maybe it had microfeathers, like humans and whales have microhairs
Emmam Last and what would the beneficial purpose of that be?
@@keonejones7283 ask that to humans and whales.
@@keonejones7283 , Im just saying it maybe because humans and whales still have some leftover microhairs from our and their ancestors, so maybe t.rex could have microfeathers from its ancestors
@@keonejones7283 it wouldn't necessarily need to help, it would just be a genetic trait that never really leaves
@@spinosaurusstriker But microhairs DO have a beneficial sensory and temperature regulatory purpose in humans. At the scale of a Trex, as the video said, the benefit of things even such as feathers, far less, microfeathers, is minimal.
Call me old fashioned, but I always preferred the scaly T.rex!
And that's completely fine! I always do, too!
Knight of Arkronia Ok. You’re old fashion
Dino King 1839 That's a figure of speech, wise guy!
Knight of Arkronia I know.
@@knightofarkronia8652 no one is calling you old. (not seriously)
Always excited to learn more about these dinosaurs, regardless if they had feathers or not
@Zero Curvature
I'm pretty sure feathers are real, birds have them
Zero lol are you an idiot?
Pretty fascinating. Really neat how much it's perceived appearance has changed in just over 100 years.
Trey The Explainer, where you at?
Galen Ward he covered it before Thompson did.
@Galen Ward
Or neutral because he didn't get mad about scientific progress as seen in his 2017 recap video
I don't know what happened but he made less videos after the new study came out
@@the_ender947 No he hasn't lmao.
He's always had an inconsistent upload schedule.
Also, a couple months ago he went back and admitted he was wrong about the new studies.
Ok, as a zoologist, I'm going to snipe and snipe hard on this. From the still images, it appears that they have placed about 2/3 of the body mass anterior of the hips. There is no way the animal could keep from tipping forward. They need to either add mass to the tail or subtract from the head or the anterior torso or this thing could never walk in the horizontal posture that most paleontologists believe that they did.
Kevin Calongne the image makes the tail look more ratty then it actually is and the tail muscles are based on what we know the muscles in the tail looked like based on the scars they left and when we add in the belly ribs T.rex ends up being very barrel shaped around the body area. Also it needed some very big neck muscles given it’s huge head and it wasn’t as front heavy as one would expect given it has air sacs.
You can't just look at the musculature. Fat distribution is also a necessary component, and, if you look at some lizards, crocodilians, and birds; they have significant fat deposits in the tail. The air sacs are so evenly distributed as to likely not have much impact on balance. I have always felt that Tyrannosaur reconstructions with a slimmer anterior build and a more robust tail were more realistic. The truth may not look that much like any of the reconstructions, since we really don't have any living animals like the bipedal dinosaurs.
Kevin Calongne trex was a warm blooded animal, modern reptiles aren’t a good comparison in most situations especially since most reptiles who do have fat tails live in areas with little food. Also trex itself was bulky, it could’t look slim even if it tried and with its its giant head it would need muscle in the neck and chest area and as far as I know the air sacs weren’t evenly distributed in most theropods. Also a big fat tail is going to cause more issue with balance since in the back end.
Kevin Calongne or just rethink the horizontal posture.
Yea Kevin!! The laws of physics apply to all including our Lord of Destruction TRex. Also note small jaw muscles, are these the source of the greatest bite force ever on land? Still in all I'm impressed by the best description yet!
It seems like the T-Rexes from the Jurassic Park movies are much bigger than their real life counterparts
They're proportionally taller, and also longer except the one from JP3.
DRAGON OF THE WEST JP exaggerates the size of most dinos. That’s mainly for dramatic effect and because of the props and costumes being used. Case in point was the velociraptors.
DRAGON OF THE WEST The thing is people always use Sue as a reference for their reconstructions. She was 43ft long and stood 14ft tall. Making her one of the largest, if not, the largest Tyrannosaurus found. The average T. rex found was probably more along the lines of 37ft.
Wanna say that again, but about the raptor?
Epic 1 it’s obvious about the raptors. Everyone knows how inaccurate they are nobody talks about how the Tyrannosaurus is actually bigger in the films
Five years later, and I'm still amazed by this.
I always thought that the t-Rex had feathers until its adolescent years, or at about ten years of age. I wish we could travel back in time to see it ourselves.
And to see what the T Rex evolved from which was probably also what the chicken evolved from.
Agree, absolutely gorgeous T-rex reconstruction. I especially love the shot from the front where you can look it directly in the eyes
maybe they had feathers as a chick and loss them as they progress into adulthood
But why?
@@oldshoes4290 Because feathers are good for insulation and its quite possible smaller teen and kid trex needed that heat to stay warm. Personally I doubt it though given how most large animals with little hair have more at young ages, like elephants, rhinos, and such. Granted it could be argued that they might have a molting stage like a lot of birds do, like since a lot of birds molt their child feathers for new ones. Could be possible they go through taht but dont replace the feather, though I kinda dont imagine that would be the case.
I went to a museum that specified in dinosaurs, and an article there said that Babies and Juvies had the most feathers or whatever
OachadeSweg.. oh ya that's a good one lets just go with that. Or we could ALL GATHER AROUND while I tell you the tr uth. (Honestly, that is a good one though I am suprised the "ex sperts" didn't think of and go with that THATS NOT SARCASM. ) HOWEVER, FORTUNATELY the ACUAL tr Uth is even better than your theory which in my opinion is
Quite clever indeed!
That actually makes sense a lot of sense...
" Well I guess I'll have seen about everything, when I see a T Rex fly".
Personally I prefer the featherless Trex. I like tubby chunky death machine as opposed to fluffy giant chicken.....of death.
Have you seen a casuary or a blood covered vulture?
it looks like a Giga Monster the more i look at it
Most dinosaurs were fluffy chickens of death.
You know people would easily bash on you back in the days just saying
best comment ever
Wonder what Trey the Explainer would have to say about this.
He rage
His fans still made videos today
He made a vid on it. Which challenged the study. The jury is still out it seems
SpiderInMyPocket
Nope he still against this video and his fans do videos of Trex is giant chicken and spino is oversized duck
@@tyrannosaurusrex6571 Or he may have to submit defeat.
I think there is still something wrong about the anatomy of the T. rex, for the forelimbs have diminished due to the enlarging of the head to accommodate the jaws as the hind limbs enlarged to carry the weight of the animal, while the forelimbs diminished, but still have the body of a four legged animal, meaning that the mass in front of the hips is greater than the mass behind the hips, meaning the tail, which would have to have the same weight as the body and head, to balance the animal on the hips as a fulcrum, which it does not appear to be.
Remember, most of the torso forward of the hips is occupied by the lungs, which are filled with air.
of curse there is guys we are talking about an EXTINCT animal we cant know how it EXACTLY looked like
@@Scigatt Meanwhile the tail is mostly muscle so it's very heavy.
@@Scigatt Not to mention pneumatic bones, very likely filled with air sacs. Furthermore, the largest muscle mass is on the hips and in the legs, which are centered on its length.
Seeing conversation threads like this makes me realise I'm really a complete moron lol. You guys know your shit.
Excellent presentation of ongoing work. I can't fathom the many silly responses in the comments. Paleontology relies on inference from incomplete data, and this is science at its best.
Thanks again, Ben!
That is so interesting. Thanks.
7:30 My concerns for the T Rex here are simply responsible adult reactionarism. WHAT is the Marlboro Man doing in the T Rex's photo? I think he did enough damage getting ppl to smoke. Save the T Rexes from this heinousness. (can't believe heinousness is a word since reactionarism isn't :O) Nice video, that is pretty darn cool that they found the skin imprint.
That thumbnail T.Rex looks like its been on a diet of McDonalds 😂
yea it looks like its been on a died of McDonalds if McDonalds made our muscles bigger instead of msking us more fat
Dine In or Walk Through?
It's, not its. The latter is possessive.
Yeah and under that skin is a bunch of body builders mushed together.
McTheropod
Is great to hear that TRex dinosaurs have been keeping up with latest developments.