r/interestingasfuck 29d ago

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Winter-Actuary-9659 29d ago

I know, I mean specifically that kind of small dinosaur is likely an ancestor of the modern chicken.

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u/Curious_Viking89 29d ago

Except that's a tyrannosaur chick. And tyrannosaurs aren't the ancestors of chickens

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u/Winter-Actuary-9659 29d ago

I didn't know that, I thought it was one of those little ones that survived the  mass extinction.

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u/Hc_Svnt_Dracons 29d ago edited 29d ago

Here's a great video by Clint's Reptiles on bird's phylogeny. He's also has others on how they survived mass extinction.