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Re: Paedomorphosis ( Re: BARYONYX' CLAWS )
<< 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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