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Re: Bird-talk again...
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> A lot of reconstructtions I have seen of dinosaurs look and behave (in
> cartoons, movies etc.) like birds. One aspect I have noted lately is that
> nearly all birds hop when on the ground.
A moments reflection on the hopping ability of modern birds brings me
Hopping Walking
Sparrows Seagulls
Blackbirds Secretary Birds
Finches Ostrich
Rhea
Cassowary
Emu
Kiwi
Pukeko
Pidgeon ?
Chicken
Turkey
Heron
Stork
Flamingo
I could be wrong, I haven't done any exhaustive research here, but I
can't think of a single bird larger than a starling which hops.
> Has there been any evidence found
> (tracks and traces) that dinosaurs hopped? Even so, would many dinosaurs
> be capable of hopping? I could easily visualise a small dinosaur hopping,
> but a ten metre long hadrosaur for example, would look quite funny if not
> impossible.
How big was the largest Kangaroo?
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Derek Tearne - http://webservices.comp.vuw.ac.nz/artsLink/ManyHands/
Some of the more environmentally aware dinosaurs were worried about the
consequences of an accident with the new Iridium enriched fusion reactor.
"If it goes off only the cockroaches and mammals will survive..." they said.