Pterodactyl on the Salish Sea

Photo by Aden Helland

I have been surprised to learn that species from the age of dinosaurs survive to the present day, some virtually unchanged except for being a smaller size.

Sharks in the ocean. Sturgeons in fresh water. Crocodiles. And birds. 

Those cute little guys fighting over suet and hopping up the tree trunks are direct descendants of dinosaurs.

Some archaeologists now think that some of their ancestors had feathers.

This photo by Aden Helland of a flying dinosaur over the Salish Sea really illustrates the point.

--Diane Hettrick