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The dino-fuzz likely provided insulation, though camouflage or showing it off like a peacock could not be ruled out. Since T. rex is related to this newfound feathery species, chances are good that T. rex was feathered as well, scientists said. Just don't mistake fuzzy for cuddly. The predatory dinosaur would have been just as menacing. Having feathers "doesn't make it less threatening or less fearsome," said Holtz, who had no role in the research. Matthew Lamanna, assistant curator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, said T. rex most likely was covered in both feathers and scales. Whatever the coverage of feathers, the latest fossil finds "force us to conceive of tyrannosauroids in a new way," said Julia Clarke at the University of Texas at Austin. ___ Online: Journal: http://www.nature.com/nature/
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