Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-25118285-20170717214401/@comment-25118285-20170815175447

Sebastiao of EC wrote: Speaking of feathers, I read that they recently found a T. Rex skin, and that it didn't have feathers on it. They said that if T. Rex did have feathers, it was likely only on the spine.

I'm not trying to get the devs to change the skin, I just thought of that article when I read all these posts. Ah yes, I know which one you're talking about. What the paper actually did was look at the limited skin imprints we have from rex and its relatives (alberto and gorgosaurus), which all showed scales, but only in areas like the tail and chest and legs etc. The authors doubted that feathers would have been elsewhere on the body, but said its still possible. So, I guess in this case both interpretations are possible, but we're going to elect to keep our feather toggle. Maybe we'll eventually reduce the amount of feathers but for now, we're lazy :B