DINOSAUR FEATHERS FOUND

Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin
Published in
1 min readSep 15, 2011

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Dinosaur and bird feathers preserved in amber from a Late Cretaceous site in Canada reveal new insights into the structure, function, and color of animals that date back to about 78 million years ago.

Hoooly smokes although they might just belong to old birds! “How significant is this discovery? This discovery is … pretty significant.” No doubt! Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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Edith Zimmerman
The Hairpin

Spiralbound editor. Formerly at The Hairpin. Also now making a newsletter: https://drawinglinks.substack.com