This comic is inspired by the recently published paper from Xing et al that examines a dinosaur tail found trapped in amber. This isn’t the first time that dinosaur remains have been identified with feathers, but this find in particular really catches attention because the feathers are still intact and show colours!

There’s an interesting response from many people when they hear about these new developments in the study of dinosaurs. A sort of backlash of “Well in my mind, dinosaurs will always look like giant lizards, not some stupid bird things!”. At least they can sleep safe in the knowledge that the brontosaurus is real. Probably.