waiting for a giant bird

["Christopher Lavers" <Chris.Lavers@nottingham.ac.uk>]

>I don't see the mystery here about the absence of multi-ton birds.
>David writes: 
>1) Most birds fly and so there has been an evolutionary "pressure" to keep 
>most of them small enough to get off the ground.  

Sorry for the shameless advertising but see ch 8 of *Why Elephants Have Big 
Ears: Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth* (St martin's Press in the USA) 
where many of these arguments are covered - incorrectly, possibly, but covered 
nevertheless.

Best to all
Chris

Dr Chris Lavers
School of Geography
University Park
Nottingham NG7 2RD
Chris.lavers@nottingham.ac.uk