Re: pterosaurs in trees...

[Maia <dalmiro@mesopy.obspm.fr>]

Tracy Ford wrote:

[snip]
> 
> YES!!! Now someone else is on the right track! Like I said before, if
> it was a good enought glider, why would it need to learn to flap?

Maybe to catch insects? Learning to flap would be useful in that case.
In most gliders gliding seems to be associated with avoiding 
non-flying predators and softening falls, not with going after moving
food items.

Is there any extant glider that uses gliding to catch its prey? I
remember someone on the list talking about a gliding viverrid
(Darren Naish?).

Change of subject. About the T. rex race don't worry put you money on
"Tim", after seeing Dr. Holtz in action on sbp I'm sure he could easily
dispatch good ol'Rex.  

Dalmiro                                    maia@milkyway.cii.fc.ul.pt