User blog comment:BastionMonk/No feathers in JPIV/@comment-6493791-20130322025911

I'm going to be honest, I'm happy about this. I never really understood the idea of "dinosaurs with feathers". I know that we "think" we have proof they had feathers, but look at the facts: feathers have two main purposes-- flight and warmth. According to modern museums and paleontologists, the air was much warmer back then and far more oxygen-rich. And they obviously didn't fly, so that also rules that out too. I'm not saying they DIDN'T have feathers, I just think they might not have. They would have been no benefit. I prefered the original raptors from the first and second films anyhow. And let's be honest, how can we have the slightest idea what to expect?