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I recently came across the documentary Walking with Dinosaurs (1999) in extremely high definition. The quality is astonishing; it puts all other releases to shame (including streaming and home video). While watching the first episode, I noticed something that lower-quality footage had rendered hitherto imperceptible.

The pterosaur Peteinosaurus has pycnofibres! This series is often criticised for not giving its creatures feathery integument. Meanwhile, some people assert that the Ornitholestes' bristly crest is the only example of feather-like structures on any of the animals in this show. But the fuzz was actually right there all along.

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