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SOGGY DOWN?

To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: SOGGY DOWN?
From: <darren.naish@port.ac.uk>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 17:53:58 +0100
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Ken Kinman asked...
 
>      How does one best argue against the "downy feathers get soggy and
>      are  thus maladaptive" argument?

Some quick suggestions: Feather glands = oil. Kiwis. The Inaccessible 
island rail (see Fuduccia 1996).

DARREN NAISH 
PALAEOBIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUP
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH
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