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RE: storing a food source



> From: owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu [mailto:owner-DINOSAUR@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Augusto Haro
> Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 2:01 PM
> To: dannj@alphalink.com.au
> Cc: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Re: storing a food source
> 
> Can it be that some reptiles are unlikely to store fat? It 
> seems that storing fat in snakes may hinder locomotion more 
> than in other reptiles. Perhaps also in flying birds.
> 
Flying birds store fat, too. Just not too much...

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