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# How Feathered Dinosaurs Accidentally Invented Flight
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/its-okay-be-smart/episode/how-feathered-dinosaurs-accidentally-invented-flight-cjst7x/
- Published: 2025-06-30T14:15:52.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-20T09:56:06.000Z
- Description: How did dinosaurs become birds—and what good is half a wing?
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Be Smart, Season 13, Episode 7, #ZZZ_Episode_e23909e2-4e9e-4da8-a4e1-252e9a5c7700, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_dc38a6e9-266e-43c1-b647-45e7445fad27, #v1.16

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.