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How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight

How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing?

06/19/2025 | Rating NR

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Be Smart

How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight

Season 13 Episode 7 | 16m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing?

How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing? Join Joe and a few brave chickens as they recreate a brilliant experiment that helps solve one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: the origin of feathered flight.

06/19/2025 | Rating NR

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Be Smart

How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight

Season 13 Episode 7 | 16m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing? Join Joe and a few brave chickens as they recreate a brilliant experiment that helps solve one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: the origin of feathered flight.

06/19/2025 | Rating NR

FromDigital Studios

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