Re: Athletic Performances

["Ray McAllister" <mcallist@gate.net>]

Maybe I should keep quiet but the loons and grebes do a great job
underwater. One went by me while I was scuba diving and it was as fast or
faster than the fish it was chasing (and eating). I suspect that there are
several birds (uh, I mean avian dinos) that are fantastically at home
swimming!


Ray McAllister, Retired Prof. (Emeritus) of Ocean, mcallist@gate.net
Engineering, Dept of OE, Fla. Atlantic Univ., Boca 
Raton, FL 33064  (954) 426-0808


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| From: Swift Claw <MissRaptor@mindless.com>
| To: dinosaur@usc.edu
| Subject: Re: Athletic Performances
| Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 5:36 PM
| 
| > Felix Landry wrote:
| > 
| > <Hello!>
| > 
| > <Can you tell me what were the best swimmers in the dinosaurs?>
| 
| Why the penguin, of course!  Have you ever seen them swim?  They leap
| through the water like little tiny dolphins.