You probably didn't know this - here are 9 Birds That Are Secretly Living Dinosaurs Among Us. Many thought dinosaurs were gigantic, slow-moving, cold-blooded reptiles. Dinosaurs can be quick, smart and birdlike. It has been discovered that modern birds did in fact descend from two-legged dinosaurs known as theropods (a group that included feathered velociraptors and tyrannosaurs). Almost all modern-day birds can be traced back to prehistoric creatures. See which birds are most like dinosaurs.
Some people might think that all birds are dinosaurs and it's hardly a secret. Some people can handle the cladistics of the animals.
ReplyDeleteHere is the definition:
(BIOLOGY) noun: cladistics
a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common. It is assumed that the higher the proportion of characteristics that two organisms share, the more recently they diverged from a common ancestor.