RE: Kakapo and the origin of flight (was RE: del Hoyo's avian vol umes )

["Williams, Tim" <TiJaWi@agron.iastate.edu>]

David Marjanovic wrote:


> Yes. And the huia is from NZ, not Hawai'i.  

*sigh*  Another goof on my part.  Yes, the huia was from NZ, not Hawaii.
(Apparently there's a project in the works to try and clone the huia back
into existence.)


> Doesn't the kagu live on the ground?

Yes, but it has been known to make brief glides from higher to lower ground.


Larry Dunn wrote:

> I've been known to pinch the odd eurypterid now and then to help 
> stretch the old paycheck.  

I know where you're coming from.  I'm feeling a little guilty about selling
off that undescribed _Archaeopteryx_ specimen of mine...



Tim


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