RE: Life of Birds (vertical running)

["Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
David Marjanovic
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 12:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Life of Birds (vertical running)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tracy L. Ford" <dino.hunter@home.com>

> Oviraptor and its ilk didn't live around large trees (That I know of), but
> they lived in sand dunes and could have used the WAIR "wing assisted
incline
> running" to go up the dunes. WAIR has many many uses!

Are there such steep dunes?
Most assuredly, and I can say this from first hand experience when I use to
ride my ATC. There isn't 90% dunes because the loose sand grains can't
adhere, but they can get very steep. I'm sure someone (one of the geology
people) on the list can tell us how steep they can get.

Tracy L. Ford
P. O. Box 1171
Poway Ca  92074