What Color Were Dinosaurs? Test Of Ancient Skin Sample May Reveal Answer

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13. Whatever colors birds are under their feathers. Or komodo dragons, gators or snakes. Many colors.

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Birds have different skin colors, but are warm-blooded. Snakes come in many different colors but are cold-blooded.
And komodo dragons have been around a very long time:

The evolutionary development of the Komodo dragon started with the Varanus genus, which originated in Asia about 40 million years ago and migrated to Australia. Around 15 million years ago, a collision between Australia and Southeast Asia allowed the varanids to move into what is now the Indonesian archipelago, extending their range as far east as the island of Timor. The Komodo dragon was believed to have differentiated from its Australian ancestors 4 million years ago. However, recent fossil evidence from Queensland suggests the Komodo dragon evolved in Australia before spreading to Indonesia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon

They appear to have skin like the picture in the OP:



But some look like this:



Others look like this:



I wonder if that's just dirt on them.