Did Dinosaurs Really Go Extinct?

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Most people are taught that dinosaurs went extinct 66 million years ago when a giant meteor crashed into the Yucatan peninsula. I'm here to tell you that's wrong. Dinosaurs are alive and well today, and you don't have to go to Jurassic World to see them (although hanging out with Chris Pratt would be cool)
We have living dinosaurs all around us. We just call them "birds". Yes. Birds are dinosaurs.

More info/sources:

Dr. John Hutchinson's research on dinosaur/bird posture
Chickens wearing prosthetic tails, for science!

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Joe Hanson - Creator/Host/Writer
Joe Nicolosi - Director
Amanda Fox - Producer, Spotzen IncKate Eads - Associate Producer
Andrew Matthews - Editing/Motion Graphics/Animation
Katie Graham - Director of Photography
John Knudsen - Gaffer

Theme music: "Ouroboros" by Kevin MacLeod

Other music via APM
Stock images from Shutterstock, stock footage from Videoblocks
Birds of paradise clips via PBS Nature

[Moonbeam]

Remember, kids. When the bully from school calls you a chicken, just remember that chickens come from dinosaurs, and you can just eat that bully's face any time you want.

[wheezywaiter]

A giant rooster is more terrifying than a T. rex.

[connorhalleck]

Holy crap this intro was phenomenally well done! Props to whoever put that together

[SallyLePage]

This is such a good episode! Just the combination of great graphics and editing and breadth of content was fab! <3

[chipthedino]

It’s causes in that time feathers were not known so they just kept the scales

[christiandiaz]

Dinosaurs to Chicken always gets me 😂 🤦‍♂️

[itzmonkeygamez]

If i hear the word ‘dinosaur’ i think about jurassic world

[allenlin]

Therefore emu war is actually dinosaur war.

[boredom]

Bruh if birds today have teeth it would be scary af

[garygorospe]

Safe to say that the asteroid robbed us of some epic fried chicken..

[ScrapPalletMan]

I like the ending, they are not LIKE dinosaurs they ARE dinosaurs. Good stuff

[ratatouille]

So, KFC should be changed into Kentucky Fried Dinosaurs.

[Krustenkaese]

"NOT AS SCARY?"

A giant chicken is pretty scary ... I already am afraid of the normal ones ..

[jacoblofthus]

So, in a sense, Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds was the original Jurassic Park.

[Wayoftheclay]

"i'm so glad birds don't have teeth anymore"

me, thinking of geese: "You sure?"

[sparkles-kun]

Honey! a dinosaur hit the window again!

[nikitanallaian]

We humans eat chickens, who’re actually Dinasaurs. Which means we tiny guys eat the once strongest predators on the planet? Savage.

[redboot]

"You'll never look at birds the same way" - Dr. Alan Grant, jurassic park

[dapperparraper]

actually some goose species have teeth and some even have them on their tongue

[hs]

... I wouldn't mind a chicken of that size. Imagine how much meat there would be on a chicken wing!