By golly, Jeb was right.
How does what Jeb Bush say apply to this?
How does what Jeb Bush say apply to this?
Yes, he was! Especially the part where he postulated that the insect-catching scenario would result in a population of dinosaurs, that gradually frayed out their forelegs and tail scales -- and somehow getting flight feathers with a rigid central shaft and hundreds of delicate parallel barbs running down along it. He famously observed that these barbs contained hundreds of tiny barbules to hook them together, making an effective air seal.