Re: [Re: [feathers]] pt.2

["Matthew Troutman" <m_troutman@hotmail.com>]

OOPS.  I totally screwed up on answering the question; I got it mixed 
up.  

Basically all aquatic birds have thick-walled bones, most notably the 
ones not capable of aerial flight.  Tube-nosed procellariforms capable 
of flight do not show the extremely thick-walled bones of penguins and 
loons but do show some relative thickness.  I do know that diving 
petrels ( and relatives ) and razorbills ( and relatives ) have 
relatively thick bones.  Pelecans seem to have relatively thick-walled 
bones.  
Extinct, presumably diving flamingos, palaelodids, lack thick-walled 
bones.  Ducks also lack extremely thick-walled birds.  

Matt Troutman

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