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Re: Ah ha! That's where therizinosaurs came from
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- From: Matthew Martyniuk <martyniuk@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:38:42 -0400
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This only applies to powered flight, though. Someone earlier brought
up the Kakapo, which climbs trees and glides to the ground. This form
of launch is obviously different from ground-based launching in
powered fliers and requires at least some degree of arboreality.
--Matt Martyniuk
On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Mike Keesey <keesey@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If launching from trees and from the ground are "almost identical",
> why would we need to invoke arboreality in animals that don't have any
> signs of being arboreal?
>
> --
> T. Michael Keesey
> http://tmkeesey.net/
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