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Re: Testing for arboreality (was RE: On science (was Re: a bunch of other stuff))

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Subject: Re: Testing for arboreality (was RE: On science (was Re: a bunch of other stuff))
From: "Patrick Norton" <ptnorton@email.msn.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:55:40 -0400
Cc: "Dinonet" <dinosaur@usc.edu>
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>Plenty of arboreal theropods: we call them "birds."<

What does the term "arboreal" mean in this context?  Can anyone give me an
example of an extant "arboreal" avian?  What bird doesn't spend some time n
the ground? When is a bird a cursor, a scansor or arboreal?  Maybe
humingbirds fit as non-cursors, but I've even seen them on foot in the grass
attacking fallen flower blossoms.

PTN

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