CMSâs RAI Version 3.0 Manual CH 4: CAA Process and Care Planning. of the MDS related to nutritional status (Section K). When it is completed, the MDS provides a. foundation for a more thorough assessment and the development of an individualized care plan.
But birds can be very colorful. There is mounting evidence that birds are related to dinosaurs. In fact, in a National Geographic article (v. 196, no. 5, p. 98-99) on feathered dinosaurs, C. Sloan (1999) paints T. rex hatchlings with feathers. Some dinosaurs may have been colorful.
Today, all birds have feathers and birds are the only animals with feathers. However, it would be inaccurate to use feathers as a way of defining birds. This is mostly because there were several non-bird dinosaurs that had wings.One of these was the Caudipteryx.ne of the reasons bird feathers are so complex is that each feather is made up of many different parts. The feather is similar in many ways to a palm frond. The rachis (same as in palms) is the central core. The area that the feather attaches to the bird is called the calamus.