Talk:Tam Nightingale/@comment-24296957-20140521204314/@comment-24911350-20140522021330

Black dust has been shown though, it's in Myrtenaster

Wings are out though because they're a huge unbalancing factor, and a really big animal trait when the biggest we've seen so far are ears, tails, and horns. It would also require feathers and a lot of other internal physiological changes to accomodate flight.