If you look closely at these pictures of Killer and Ginger, how can you say dinosaurs are extinct? Sure the great, lumbering beasts that roamed the earth millions of years are gone, but it is plain as day to me that evolution just took its course and created the bird as we know it today. Look at the beak, and the way it is formed. Did you know that a bird's beak is just an outgrowth of bone? There is a special type of gene that gives each bird its different looking beak. I believe it's a 'bone morphogenetic protein' gene. Morpho, is another word for 'changing shape' and protein is necessary for growth of cells, muscles, tissues, etc. How do you think dinosaurs like the Triceratops, or Stegosaurus got their horns and spikes? My bet is a similar gene modified their bones to grow differently in dinosaurs, just like beaks in chickens.
Look closely around the eyes of these two chickens. See the circle of skin? Feathers are modified scales. Dinosaurs and reptiles had scales. You can see how the skin around a chicken's eye looks like small scales. And have you ever seen a chicken's legs and feet? Looks to me just like a T-Rex's hands, just moved down to be feet.
So, next time someone tells you that dinosaurs are extinct, you can smile to yourself, and think, 'yes, but there are still modern day dinosaurs living today..."
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