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ShadowSot, on 15 July 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:

No worries, I'm just ribbing.
We've only gottenso far with coloration, I wonder if there were dinosaurs as vibrantly plumed as some of our modern day birds.

Just to nip this off, dinosaurs didn't live in the sea, those were marine reptiles. While they were almost exclusively warm blooded and gave live birth, they did not have feathers.

they were also cooler and scarier than their land dwelling cousins. Just saying.

Wow,  good info ShadowSot .     First i've heard about the warm blooded marine reptiles .   Makes me think.. 'warmer seas'.    (thanks for the dino feather info too)

[Odin11]

ShadowSot, on 15 July 2012 - 09:55 PM, said:

Hey, I like how crows look. Even had a semi- tame one at the shop that'd pick up food left for it.
Besides, they travel with Odin. Anything with that company's alright in my book.

Hey, my Huginn and Muninn are not common crows. They're Ravens.

[FreddyScienceTeacher]

At the cellular level, feathers and scales are indistinguishable from each other. Like the rhino horn being made of the same proteins as hair, you can get a very different result depending on Momma nature cooking in her kitchen.