[wrsh07]

I have often wondered how to make this clear wrt science communication

Eg much is not known about dinosaurs. Many things cannot be found in fossils (obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1747/)

How do you communicate what is unknown or what can't be known?

[kridsdale1]

My favorite dinosaur theory is they looked far more like a plump turkey than a Komodo dragon.

We tend to just drape a bounding skin volume over the bones and give it a color, MAYBE some feathers.

But a whale skeleton looks nothing like the mass of flesh of a whale. Skeletons give no clue about an Elephant’s head shape.

So imagine a huge fluffy owl or yellow chick with a trex skeleton deep inside.