Re: Origin of flight

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

I lived on a farm when I was young and had a rather large dog (about 70 
pounds) that loved to rabbit hunt.  Successful enough that we rarely fed him 
because he usually wasn't hungry.  His technique was to bound straight up in 
the air to clear the vegetation (usually cotton patches), swing his head 
back and forth to look around while near the top of the leap, and light out 
like a house afire if he saw a rabbit while aloft.  Then, he'd just chase 
the rabbits down running, rather than trying to leap at them or pounce on 
them.
JimC