The ostrich-like dinosaurs that roamed the Earth millions of years ago were adorned with feathers, used to attract a mate or protect offspring rather than for flight.
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The ostrich-like dinosaurs, known as ornithomimids, were thought to be hairless, fleet-footed birds and were depicted as such in the Hollywood movie Jurassic Park.
But the researchers found evidence of feathers with a juvenile and two adult skeletons of ornithomimus, a species within the ornithomimid group.
"The discovery, the first to establish the existence of feathers in ornithomimids, suggests that all ostrich-like dinosaurs had feathers," according to a statement from the Alberta museum. Read more
If you couldn’t deter the predators with your fearsome appearance and built-in weaponry then the other option was to outrun them.
The Ornithomimosaurs, or Ostrich dinosaurs as they were also known, were tall, fast and agile, with long slashing claws on their front legs. They could run at up to 40 mph and because they lacked teeth, probably swallowed their prey whole.