Re: Paedomorphosis ( Re: BARYONYX' CLAWS )

["Matthew Troutman" <m_troutman@hotmail.com>]

<< Underwater swimming is basically 
> the same as flight. It has the same motions, kinematics and uses the 
> same muscles, flight apparatus, and control as flapping, aerial 
flight. 

<<So, as Tracy Ford suggested to me earlier today, would you say that 
flying fish swim through the air?>>

 Flying fish do not "fly". They just glide through the air. They do 
possess physiological advancements over other "fish" ( such as 
tachyaerobic endothermy ) and they have a high endurance/strength 
musclature that allows them to to reach high enough speeds that allow 
them to jump out of the water to glide quite far ( up to 200 m) .  As 
for flapping flight, they do not have it. Their elongate fins are only 
for gliding. So this comparison is false.

MattTroutman

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