We're just having all sorts of fun at Museum of the Rockies's Virtual Fossil Fridays! Join us if you can--it's free and great for all ages! It is primarily aimed at kids, but I know I'm not the only adult in attendance. Hosts Ashley and MaggieJo are wonderful people, and overall it's just a chill paleo happy place to be on Friday mornings.
Last week, MaggieJo gave a great presentation on animals that are associated with Halloween (and why they are totally awesome and not spooky), and as she was talking about ravens, I just kept thinking it would be really cool if large theropods like tyrannosaurs had feathery "manes" like ravens do. Fossil skin impressions have shown they generally were not extensively feathered (with some exceptions like Yutyrannus and Nanuqsaurus that lived in colder climates), but large theropods could still have had some feathers for display purposes.
Also, I fully support fluffy dinosaurs. Anybody who thinks things with feathers aren't scary has never dealt with an angry goose.
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