Re: Feathered Dragons: Studies on the Transition from Dinosaurs to Birds

["Jaime A. Headden" <qilongia@yahoo.com>]

Tim Williams (twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com) wrote:

<Do you mean "asymmetry"?>

  Ah, yes, my error.

<I'm not sure what you mean here.  The legs would have to be "untucked"
and extended in order to generate sufficient impulse for the leap.>

  Yes. I meant during the complete aerial phase, the legs should be tucked
up to give the leg feathers their full aerodynamic capability.

  Cheers,

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Jaime A. Headden

  Little steps are often the hardest to take.  We are too used to making leaps 
in the face of adversity, that a simple skip is so hard to do.  We should all 
learn to walk soft, walk small, see the world around us rather than zoom by it.

"Innocent, unbiased observation is a myth." --- P.B. Medawar (1969)


        
                
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