Why were there dinosaurs with wings if they didn’t fly? They served to terrify

2024-01-25 16:26:37

The feathers of contrasting colors served to scare the insects and make them come out of hiding, according to Korean researchers who have dedicated themselves to chasing grasshoppers with a robot to prove it.

Caudipteryx, a feathered dinosaur that lived 124 million years ago (left) and a nightingale that raises its wings as a foraging strategy Archive

25/01/2024

Updated 01/26/2024 at 5:00 p.m.

Feathered wings and tails first appeared on the bodies of some small dinosaurs during the Jurassic. Those early feathers were too small and weak to allow powered flight, so their function has long been considered a…

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