Re: Gliders to Fliers? (Was Re: Ruben Strikes Back)

[Betty Cunningham <bettyc@flyinggoat.com>]

Didn't we just have somebody speaking of a larger-than-quetzel pterosaur
that was probably incapable of folding it's wings recently?

-Betty

NJPharris@aol.com wrote:
> Yes, but flying animals have evolved from quadrupedal, branch-hugging forms
> before (bats, likely pterosaurs), and in those cases the wings evolve in such
> a way that they never are "too winglike to be used for walking".

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