There’s no such thing as a fake feather

Every craft feather you can buy is from a real bird. LEARN MORE ************** To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: - Feather: the light, flat, and waterproof structure on a bird's body, essential for flight, insulation, and waterproofing. - Keratin: a tough, fibrous protein that is a key structural component of hair, nails, feathers, horns, and the outer layer of skin. - Plumage: the entire set of feathers covering a bird, including their color, pattern, and arrangement. SUPPORT MINUTEEARTH ************************** If you like what we do, you can help us!: - Become our patron: https://patreon.com/MinuteEarth - Our merch: http://dftba.com/minuteearth - Our book: https://minuteearth.com/books - Sign up to our newsletter: http://news.minuteearth.com - Share this video with your friends and family - Leave us a comment (we read them!) CREDITS ********* Lizah van der Aart | Script Writer, Narrator, Illustrator Cameron Duke | Director Nathaniel Schroeder | Music MinuteEarth is produced by Neptune Studios LLC https://neptunestudios.info OUR STAFF ************ Lizah van der Aart • Sarah Berman • Cameron Duke Arcadi Garcia i Rius • David Goldenberg • Melissa Hayes Henry Reich • Ever Salazar • Leonardo Souza • Kate Yoshida OTHER CREDITS ***************** Lizah's Cosplay Photo by: @VisionVsSight (Instagram/Facebook) https://www.instagram.com/visionvssight/ OUR LINKS ************ Youtube | https://youtube.com/MinuteEarth TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@minuteearth Twitter | https://twitter.com/MinuteEarth Instagram | https://instagram.com/minute_earth Facebook | https://facebook.com/Minuteearth Website | https://minuteearth.com Apple Podcasts| https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/minuteearth/id649211176 REFERENCES ************** Klara Katarina Nordén, Chad M Eliason and Mary Caswell Stoddard (2021) Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures. eLife 10:e71179. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.71179 Benjamin S. Lazarus,. et al. (2021) Engineering with keratin: A functional material and a source of bioinspiration, iScience, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102798 Ng, Chen Siang & Li, Wen-Hsiung. (2018). Genetic and Molecular Basis of Feather Diversity in Birds. Genome biology and evolution. https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evy180 Lorna Gibson - Personal communication