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Deinonychus pair in the swamps, by Mark Witton|Print :

“(…) The Early Cretaceous dromaeosaur Deinonychushas been restored so many times that it’s difficult to come at it from a fresh angle. I thought one way to do that was to not show it on open plains, but in a backswamp. (…) The arms of the foreground animal are pressed tight to the body in the manner proposed by palaeoartistic Queen of the maniraptorans, Emily Willoughby, rather than held half-folded as we’re more used to seeing them. As Emily explains, there is good reason to think the ‘arms out’ postures we’re used to is nonsensical - animals just don’t carry themselves like that” Keep reading