• Klear@quokk.au
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    11 hours ago

    Feathers, but very simple filament-like ones. Remember - feathers haven’t evolved for flight. No idea how cuddly they were (you’d have to ask a paleontologist), but I’m just going to assume “extremely”.

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        3 hours ago

        I imagine it’s rather like bird hatchling down, which is very structurally basic, and if so, it’s very brittle, and makes for a lot of dust.

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        8 hours ago

        Composition? I tried googling it. Found an article which says that while hair is made of keratin, feathers are also made of keratin, but the keratin is different.

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        Maybe someone who knows what they are talking about will chime in. I am not that person.