Life of Birds (was Re: Armadillos at the K/T!)

["Tim Williams" <tijawi@hotmail.com>]

Ralph Miller wrote:

> Yes, "The Life of Birds With David Attenborough" shows the dramatic journey 
> of
> these precocial hatchlings.

I saw the BBC television series, and I just finished reading the book.  Both 
are brilliant.  Sir David Attenborough (the brother of actor Sir Richard 
Attenborough) has a flair for this sort of thing.

While watching and reading "The Life of Birds", I could not help thinking 
how many behaviors seen in modern birds might have been inherited from their 
theropod forbears.  The flashy crests and horns of so many Mesozoic 
theropods make a lot more sense after watching this program.

(Alert viewers of "The Life of Birds" will have noticed that young hoatzins 
are not the only modern birds that use all four limbs to climb trees.)


Tim

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