Re: pterosaurs in trees...

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Perhaps, flapping is a reaction to air currents: Air, after all, is not
a static medium (media?). Currents move everywhich way... and even a
creature that basically was keeping its wings "absolutely" still, would
find the wings being moved involuntarily by the air currents. 

Certainly, it's a chicken/egg situation, (and I'm making a vaguely
Lemarckian assumption here) but observing how "learning robots" work,
there is clearly an aspect of stimulus, response, learning, new reaction
to stimulus and on and on.


ES



Tracy Ford wrote:
> 
SNIP
> >Perhaps because flapping makes it a better glider?  Most pterosaurs are
> >thought to have been shore and sea-creatures, SNIP
> >
> 
> But they are already flappers! They flap to get into the air then glide, not 
> gliding to flapping. I argue against gliding to flapping, not flapping to 
> gliding.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> >

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