Velociraptors had feathers

[lazyfatbum]

the theory of feathers and fur have been tossed around for a long time but you have to apply it to each category of the animals. It's no joke that a triceratops can fit in the mold of an elephant or a rhino without much adjustment since all animals today still fit in the basic categories as all the prehistoric ones did. All warm blooded mammals today started out as cold blooded mammal-like amphibians, the much smaller ones adapted warmer body temps to increase speed but the larger arthopods had dominence, all of which were herbivores, the speed of the warm blooded means they need higher proteins and more food at once, typically resulting in carnivores. The time line that resulted in arthopods losing ground and dominence and super light weight (about the size of a chicken) warm blooded mammal-like animals becoming 3 story tall killing machines still makes no sense to me. But in basic terms, the prehistoric rhino developed fur during ice ages, there's good insight in to several dinosaur types who could have developed fur. It's important to realize that dinosaurs aren't lizards and they are what developed in to mammals today (and birds). There's no reason for them to resemble lizards when it comes to skin and appearance.

I also remembered that Jurassic Park 3 had raptors with head feathers. So Hollywood is trying. ;D