Re: Ratite Answers

["Nick Gardner" <ratites637@hotmail.com>]

John Bois wrote-
> Very possibly a convergent trait among species experiencing high rates of 
> egg and juvenile predation, i.e., female floods countryside with offspring 
> in the hope that one or two survive. Ratites (most/all) suffer heavy
> predation load.

It does seem kind of questionable to include a behavioral character in a 
morphological analysis.


Nick Gardner

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