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when we look at fossilized dinosaur remains we learn a great deal about the internal structure of dinosaurs, but this remains very rarely include any sign of their skin. This is because, like most other soft parts of the body, skin usually breaks down before fossils are formed.

Occasionally but very rare some traces of skin texture are left. Backspace, and these show that dinosaurs were often covered with pebble like nodules were sometimes lizardlike scales. But so far no strong evidence of skin pigmentation has been found.

we found this, researchers have to rely on modern reptiles to try and describe what dinosaur skin may have looked like.

the colors and patterns of dinosaurs almost certainly depended on how they lived. This would have helped the dinosaur by blending in with the background and make it difficult for a predator to see the dinosaur.

To see whether may have looked like, researchers study modern reptiles. Dinosaurs may have had many enemies, and one of the best defenses, apart from running away, was to avoid being seen.

Some of today's reptiles, most famously the chameleons, are able to change color in order to mimic their background. It is very likely that dinosaurs were also able to do this, because some of the fossils that have been found show that their skin may have the same structure.

But chameleons did not switch color only to hide, the color change also reflects their mood. The Serbs as a way of communication to other animals around.

Dinosaurs may have displayed different colors with different sexes. Modern reptiles often look similar, but this is not the same for many birds. Because dinosaurs are believed to be ancestors of birds, it is possible that they also displayed color differences between the sexes.