Re: Nyctosaurus Images

[Ronald Orenstein <ornstn@rogers.com>]

At 10:06 AM 16/05/03 -0700, G Martin Human wrote:
> Seems to me that with a possible sail like that, you're pretty much
> obliged to keep head to wind or break your neck......I imagine it
> gliding offshore and back on shore wih the morning and evening breezes
> as they change direction on or off the land. You would certainly get a
> lot of pull from a sail like that, so would hardly need to flap to
> move.....

This is probably an idiotic question, but is there the remotest chance that 
the "crest" elements are displaced wing elements (perhaps from another 
individual) or something like that?


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