small dinosaur used colors for protection study
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today
Arab Today, arab today
Last Updated : GMT 06:49:16
Arab Today, arab today

Small dinosaur used colors for protection: study

Arab Today, arab today

Arab Today, arab today Small dinosaur used colors for protection: study

An original and nearly complete skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur.
Washington - Arab Today

A small feathered dinosaur whose fossil was discovered in China used its different colors for protection, a study published Thursday said, helping to dispel stereotypes about the long-extinct creatures.

"Far from all being the lumbering prehistoric grey beasts of past children's books, at least some dinosaurs showed sophisticated color patterns to hide from and confuse predators, just like today's animals," said Fiann Smithwick, an author of the study published in the journal Current Biology.

By reconstructing the colors of the animal, which lived 130 million years ago, the researchers from Britain's University of Bristol determined that it had multiple types of camouflage.

This probably helped it from being devoured in a world filled with much larger meat-eating dinosaurs, including relatives of the infamous Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The dinosaur Smithwick and his colleagues studied is called Sinosauropteryx. Scientists discovered its fossil about a dozen years ago.

The researchers mapped how dark pigmented feathers were distributed across the body and revealed some distinctive color patterns. These patterns can also be seen in modern animals where they serve as different types of camouflage.

The patterns include a dark stripe around the eye which helps modern birds to hide their eyes from would-be predators.

A striped tail may have been used to confuse both predators and prey, the researchers said.

"Dinosaurs might be weird in our eyes, but their color patterns very much resemble modern counterparts," said Jakob Vinther, the study's senior author.

Source: AFP

arabstoday
arabstoday

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

small dinosaur used colors for protection study small dinosaur used colors for protection study

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

small dinosaur used colors for protection study small dinosaur used colors for protection study

 



GMT 20:53 2018 Monday ,22 October

PM Imran Khan to leave for Saudi Arabia today

GMT 08:20 2018 Tuesday ,16 January

Lamborghini races to new sales record

GMT 00:19 2017 Wednesday ,13 December

Switzerland chainsaw attack: 5 hurt in Schaffhausen

GMT 09:51 2017 Tuesday ,07 November

Broadcom makes $130 bn mega-bid

GMT 20:53 2017 Tuesday ,07 March

Syrian forces retake Aleppo water-pumping station

GMT 11:15 2017 Monday ,01 May

Hanan Metawe reveals details of her accident

GMT 03:07 2017 Monday ,27 March

Bulgaria's Borisov bounces back again

GMT 22:18 2017 Thursday ,16 November

Hariri to arrive in France Saturday to meet Macron

GMT 06:43 2017 Monday ,13 February

Pakistan retaliates after US denies politician visa

GMT 07:49 2017 Tuesday ,28 November

Hussein Fahmy underlines financial sources
Arab Today, arab today
 
 Arab Today Facebook,arab today facebook  Arab Today Twitter,arab today twitter Arab Today Rss,arab today rss  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube  Arab Today Youtube,arab today youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2025 ©

arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday arabstoday arabstoday
arabstoday
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
arabstoday, Arabstoday, Arabstoday