Yet, if one were to look for a living descendant of this prehistoric giant, one wouldn't have to ... How could it be possible that a bird that pecks at grain and worms be related to a colossus ...

The researchers named the dinosaur Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, partly inspired by the giant mythological bird in the "Manas" epic ...

A GIANT two-legged dinosaur that dwarfed the T-rex stomped through the Gobi Desert over 65 million years ago. The proof? Its enormous footprints, the largest of which measures three feet across.

rex fossils are believed to have had patches of skin with few feathers on them, much like with a scaly reptile-like skin that is more commonly associated with softer bird-like feathers.