Birds are the direct living descendants of dinosaurs. they are so 
closely related that some dinosaur fossils were wrongly classified 
for several decades because some feather imprints that would have 
identified the specimen as an Archeoperyx were overlooked and the 
fossil was wrongly classified as a dinosaur.

On a totally different note, I know that the subject line Mr. Phil 
used on this mesage is the first part of an idiomatic expression 
referring to those with similar intersts or inclinations enjoying 
hanging out together but I do not know or remember how the idiom 
goes. Is it "Birds of a feather" "cuddle together" or "snuggle 
together' or "nest together"? I'd appreciate the edification if 
someone could complete the idiom properly for me. g,>

Thanks much and god bless,

Doris

At 09:17 PM 10/3/2009 -0600, you wrote:
>I like watching, on cable, science shows, although, sometimes they 
>are difficult to follow without description.  I happened to be 
>watching the news on Fox the other night when the closing news item 
>had to do with dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and how, 165 
>million years ago, they roamed the earth.  This so called scientist, 
>which is generally another name for knucklehead, was saying, when 
>you look up into the sky and see birds flying overhead, you are 
>seeing what used to be dinosaurs about 120 million years ago.  I 
>busted out laughing and I'm still laughing.  And to think they pay 
>this guys big bucks to tell us garbage like this, putting it 
>literally on a news program, as if it just happened yesterday and is 
>a remarkable news breaking story.  It is remarkable all right but in 
>a different manner of speaking.
>
>Phil.
>
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