Could dinosaurs dream?

[SpittersForEver]

Do you think or is there any evidence that suggests they could dream? I think they could.

[spinosaurus1]

i'm not seeing any reason why they can't. especially with the large amounts of evidence of modern extant animals, including avian dinosaurs, were able to do so as well. dreaming is an instinctive and involuntary action. it is believed to be a simulation or rehearsal of survival situations. dinosaurs likely weren't exceptions to this

[SpittersForEver]

Wonder what it was like for them.

[stargatedalek]

Birds dream, so its highly likely that other dinosaurs did also. As for what it was like birds generally tend to have calm dreams (they aren't going to wake up from a nightmare like a human, or run into walls like a dog), so dinosaurs were probably the same way.

[triceratops83]

Hopefully they didn't have nightmares about a burnt Therizinosaurus named "Freddy".

[SpittersForEver]

Lol, imagine if they had sleep paralysis.

Also 400th post 

[Arul]

Lol  natgeo said dinosaur is a diurnal they sleep at night soo yeah its possible if they have a nightmare..

[stargatedalek]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

[Arul]

Yeah i think so, they are reptilian right 

[Concavenator]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

Dromeaeosaurs were all nocturnal.

[stargatedalek]

I wouldn't go that far as to say all.

@Arul, that depends on how one defines "reptile"

[Gwangi]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

Dromeaeosaurs were all nocturnal.

How do you know that? 

I'm of the opinion that most dinosaurs were diurnal, no doubt there were exceptions. Just as with modern birds and reptiles.

[pylraster]

I wonder what stegosaurs dream of.

[Concavenator]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

Dromeaeosaurs were all nocturnal.

How do you know that? 

I'm of the opinion that most dinosaurs were diurnal, no doubt there were exceptions. Just as with modern birds and reptiles.

I read somwhere Velociraptor was nocturnal.Also,dromaeosaurs like Microraptor or Archaeopteryx had black plumage so it would make sense if they hunted at night.

[stargatedalek]

Not a single nocturnal bird species has black plumage (with I believe the exception of a few seabirds, but they are not primarily nocturnal). When you think about how many birds are black in colour, that's rather staggering evidence against black for nocturnal animals.

[Gwangi]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

Dromeaeosaurs were all nocturnal.

How do you know that? 

I'm of the opinion that most dinosaurs were diurnal, no doubt there were exceptions. Just as with modern birds and reptiles.

I read somwhere Velociraptor was nocturnal.Also,dromaeosaurs like Microraptor or Archaeopteryx had black plumage so it would make sense if they hunted at night.

Doesn't seem like enough evidence (or good evidence) to suggest that all dromaeosaurs were nocturnal. I can think of a lot more diurnal birds that are black (crows, ravens, blackbirds, grackles etc) than I can nocturnal ones.

[Newt]

Black is a display color. Only ninjas try to hide by wearing black. And that's why ninjas are extinct!

[tyrantqueen]

Nat Geo was incorrect (big surprise ), a number of species are almost certainly nocturnal.

Dromeaeosaurs were all nocturnal.

How do you know that? 

I'm of the opinion that most dinosaurs were diurnal, no doubt there were exceptions. Just as with modern birds and reptiles.

I read somwhere Velociraptor was nocturnal.Also,dromaeosaurs like Microraptor or Archaeopteryx had black plumage so it would make sense if they hunted at night.

Not necessarily. Nocturnal animals do not perceive colours in the same way that humans do.

Black is a display color. Only ninjas try to hide by wearing black. And that's why ninjas are extinct!

Hah, that's what they want you to think

The black shinobi costume you see in movies and such probably never existed in real life (I still love it though). Ninja would usually disguise themselves to blend in with the surrounding populous. For example, they may have disguised themselves as common peasants in heavily populated areas so they would go unnoticed.

*Is a big ninja fanatic*

[Newt]

Hey, I'm disguised as a common peasant! Does that mean...I'm a ninja?

I guess that means I need to make some shuriken and a sheathe for my santoku. Hmmm....

[SpittersForEver]

Hey, I'm disguised as a common peasant! Does that mean...I'm a ninja?

I guess that means I need to make some shuriken and a sheathe for my santoku. Hmmm....

Lol