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Feathers are modified ______.
a. scales
c. lipids
b. hair
d. tibia

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Feathers are modified as scales. According to the history, birds which have feathers are the descendants of the dinosaurs which have scales.
That's why feathers are categorized as scales in the present record according to studies.
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