Re: Those amazing walking bats

["jrc" <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

I've not seen video of the New Zealand bats walking, so can't address the 
issue of similarity, but most pterosaurs would have been capable of an 
effective quadrupedal walking gait that wouldn't typically require 
'scuttling' or a low body position.
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "GUY LEAHY" <xrciseguy@q.com>
To: "Dinosaur Mailing List" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:39 PM
Subject: Those amazing walking bats


> DMLers,
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729095054.htm
>
> Could pterosaurs have used a similar gait while on the ground?
>
> Guy Leahy