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Re: PARROTS, HOATZINS & DEINONYCHUS

To: darren.naish@port.ac.uk, dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: PARROTS, HOATZINS & DEINONYCHUS
From: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 12:53:31 EST
Cc: Gareth.Dyke@bristol.ac.uk, walsha@port.ac.uk, m_troutman@hotmail.com, jjackson@interalpha.co.uk
Reply-to: Dinogeorge@aol.com
Sender: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu

In a message dated 12/21/98 12:24:06 PM EST, darren.naish@port.ac.uk writes
(quoting someone):

<< "[The discovery of _Deinonychus_ showed that bird ancestors were] 
 cursorial, terrestrial animals - that's despite the attempts of Greg 
 Paul and Sankar Chatterjee to put this thing in a tree" 
 [audience laughs].  >>

The discovery of _Deinonychus_ showed nothing of the kind, of course. Why did
the audience laugh?

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