Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-120.148.64.199-20150613082223/@comment-17754282-20150620193344

Edaphosaurus wrote:

Sprinter1988 wrote:

Edaphosaurus wrote: But there is no continuity in the franchise AND any changes could be explained. None of your arguments for scaly dinosaurs are particularly strong at the moment.

In my scenario, it is in a cold nature reserve where feathers are REQUIRED!!!

And yes, a very feathered raptor is more accurate than a scaly one Given how the plot for Jurassic World played out, it is highly unlikely that feathers are going to be a concern in the future. Wu and InGen are not going to rank feathers as a high priority in the dinosaurs they make in the future. Instead they are interested in making animals that can be used in warfare. While feathers might have their uses in a cold climate, scaly skin will be a trait that they would desire more because, as seen in the Indominus, one feature that they will find useful in their animals is the ability to alter the appearace of their skin in order to camouflage into the background - you can't do that on an animal with a load of feathers on it. But in an environemt of just snow, colour changing is not necessary, but feathers are WTF are you on about? Of course colour changing in a snowy environment would be useful - raptors being the colour that they are now would make them stick out a mile off so unless InGen breeds them with white feathers they would be visible. Not only that, but white feathers would also be extremely limiting as that only affords them camouflage in a snowy environment. You ever seen a white swan in a grassy field or in woodland? They're much more visible than anything that is brown or green. Also, where the hell are you getting this idea that the next film will be set in the snow anyway? I know InGen had opened a new facility in Siberia, but the aims of that place were to look into the genomes of animals from the Pliestocene such as the Scimitar-toothed Cat (Homotherium) the Giant Hyena (Pachycrocuta) the Cave Bear, the Giant Cheetah, the European Cave Lion and the Dire Wolf. For best results of using dinosaurs in cold climates they would be better off using dinosaurs that lived naturally in cold climates, such as Troodon