Re: Flight of fancy (formerly, Origins of Flight)

[Dinogeorge <Dinogeorge@aol.com>]

In a message dated 98-04-16 03:05:39 EDT, jmalia@hotmail.com writes:

<< It's difficult for me to accept that the origin of flight in birds could 
 be traced to aboreal dinosaurs that couldn't keep from falling out of 
 trees. That's quite a leap, if you know what I mean. >>

Ah, but they >did< keep from falling out of the trees, ingeniously enough.
Which is why we now have birds instead of a bunch of smashed archosaur
skeletons.