How a feather in the wild, the rain, and mud, can retain such a perfect form has to do with two things: its barbed structure which hooks the pieces in place, and the fine coating of natural water-resistant talcum powder from the bird’s skin.
How a feather in the wild, the rain, and mud, can retain such a perfect form has to do with two things: its barbed structure which hooks the pieces in place, and the fine coating of natural water-resistant talcum powder from the bird’s skin.