Re: FW: The ground-nowhere hypothesis on the origin of bird flight (joke)

[Tim Williams <tijawi@yahoo.com>]

Dann Pigdon <dannj@alphalink.com.au> wrote:


> I've seen lots of leopard hunting footage over the years,
> but I've never seen a leopard leap onto 
> prey from above.


I'm sure there are other examples, but the only mammal I can think of that 
leaps out trees to attack prey on the ground is the drop-bear of Australia.  
British and Japanese tourists are its preferred prey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop_bear




Cheers

Tim