Re: Where did birds come from in their evolutional process?

[Ronald Orenstein <ornstn@home.com>]

At 10:27 PM 29/05/01 -0700, Mickey_Mortimer wrote:
> First of
> all, I know of no basis for a theory stating that carnivorous animals
> cannot evolve from herbivorous ones.  I can't think of any
> conflicting examples, but I don't see a reason why this would be
> true.  

In fact they have: grasshopper mice, extinct carnivorous kangaroos,
perhaps mesonychids, even Hawaiian carnivorous geometrid
caterpillars.

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