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Re: Adaptive advantage (was Re: ABSRD BAND on Sinornithosaurus feathers)

To: twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com, TomHopp@aol.com, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: Adaptive advantage (was Re: ABSRD BAND on Sinornithosaurus feathers)
From: Ronald Orenstein <ornstn@home.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 07:29:09 -0500
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At 10:53 PM 15/03/01 -0600, Tim Williams wrote:

Does there have to be a modern example of a "jump-from-a-tree predator" in order to validate the theory? How many bipedal predators OF ANY KIND do you see today? (Apart from _Homo sapiens_.)

Quite a few. Herons, storks, secretary-birds, kookaburras, American Robins, you name it.

-- Ronald I. Orenstein Phone: (905) 820-7886 International Wildlife Coalition Fax/Modem: (905) 569-0116 1825 Shady Creek Court Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 3W2 mailto:ornstn@home.com

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- Re: Adaptive advantage (was Re: ABSRD BAND on Sinornithosaurus feathers)
  - From: "Tim Williams" <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>

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