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Hiding_behind_you t1_j2812ny wrote

Reply to comment by zav3rmd in There's absolutely no way we know what dinosaur skin looks like. by zav3rmd

No, not anything - there’s a set number of real-world, current examples we can base our ideas on.

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zav3rmd OP t1_j2814xc wrote

Ya but the dinosaurs are different from our current reptiles in a lot of ways. Why can't skin color be one of them.

Edit: chameleons are reptiles. So dinosaurs can have chameleon skins too?

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Ok-Citron4261 t1_j281d7b wrote

Additionally, dinosaurs actually seem to be much closer to birds than reptiles now.

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zav3rmd OP t1_j281zif wrote

So then by that argument of "closer" it only makes more sense that dinosaur skin may be more colorful than we thought?

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Ok-Citron4261 t1_j2885c0 wrote

No, it means that dinosaurs most likely have soft skin and had feathers.

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QutieLuvsQuails t1_j29di5o wrote

I think of it more by environment. It’s unlikely that a bright orange dinosaur would be living in a rainforest, where it needs to use camouflage, for either hunting or hiding.

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