A Capella Science - More Than Birds

A Capella Science es un proyecto del físico canadiense Tim Blais en el que aúna su pasión por la ciencia con el interés que siempre ha despertado la música en él. Así, inspirado en Weird Al Yankovic, Bill Nye, Mike Tompkins o Vi Hart comenzó a componer canciones paródicas a capella con temática científica. En gran parte, sus letras tratan de física, pero hace unos días estrenó una canción en la que habla de por qué los pájaros son dinosaurios. La dejamos a continuación:

La letra de la canción es la siguiente:

Pigeons and doves coo 

They're not two birds but one from a deeper view 

With life that always holds true 

One descent but if you only knew 

How clearly 

Gulls and geese have had their roots revealed 

More than birds 

The fossils have the clues to make it real 

By the mid-Jurassic they had warm bodies 

And hollow airy bones 

What would you do 

If raptors grew wings and flew 

More than birds the stones reveal 

Archaeopteryx is real 

What would you say 

If I told you birds convey 

More than eggs and tasty stew 

They're a strain of dino too 

More than birds 

How could life give rise to 

Cockatoos from such a monstrous plan 

Selection pressure substitutes their 

Jumps for glides 

To powered flight it tends 

Adapting or T-Rex's feathers and wishbone 

More than birds 

By oviraptor's breeding can be shown 

Cause like birds they laid their eggs sequentially 

And sat on them to grow 

What would you do 

If you died while stuck in goo? 

More than birds in amber sealed 

Dino plumage is revealed 

What would you say 

If our rooks and birds of prey 

Are the ancient kings made new 

Cause they're avian dinos too 

More than birds