This may shatter some illusions.

We’ve always imagined dinosaurs being fearsome scaly beasts, roaring with all their might as they chase down their pray.

The reality, though, could be quite… different, to say the least.

A new study suggests that instead of emitting loud and angry-sounding roars, dinosaurs were actually mumblers, and cooed with their mouths closed instead.

On top of that, it is likely they sported plumes of brightly coloured feathers.

How fetching.

The research, published in journal Evolution, examines the way that birds make sound.

And scientists believe this is the key to finding out what dinosaurs really sounded like.

Coauthor Professor Julia Clarke, from the Jackson School of Geosciences, said: ‘To make any kind of sense of what non-avian dinosaurs sounded like, we need to understand how living birds vocalize.

‘This makes for a very different Jurassic world.

‘Not only were dinosaurs feathered, but they may have had bulging necks and made booming, closed-mouth sounds.’

Source:
courtesy of METRO

by Dave Burke

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