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RE: Beaks

To: "'Nicholas Jainschigg'" <nickej@earthlink.net>, <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Subject: RE: Beaks
From: "Daniel Bensen" <dbensen@bowdoin.edu>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 20:52:20 -0500
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Reply-to: dbensen@bowdoin.edu
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>>Many birds live to extreme old ages compared to mammals of comparable
body-mass, and I coould certainly see the advantages of a beak over
teeth under the combined circumstances of lighter weight and a
resistance to decay.<<

I had heard birds' long lifespans were due to some metabolic thing.  

Dan

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