Re: birds and avians again

[ELurio@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/31/01 5:35:35 PM, jodan99@uol.com.br writes:

<< This is an endless discussion.

We have:

1) the vernacular definition of Aves

2) the Linnean definition of Aves = feathered, winged, WARM-blooded

oviparous vertebrates

3) the cladistic-genetic definition of Aves


1 and 2 are virtually the same, unless we consider bats as birds in some

languages and cultures.

3 is almost impossible to define. >>

No, 1 and 2 are exactly the same. There are no science books in ANY language 
that condsider bats to be birds. The cladistic defintion of Aves is: An 
unimportant offshoot of the much cooler dinosaur family which somehow managed 
to survive the K/T boundry intact.

eric l.