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Re: ptero embryo ID


David Peters wrote:
>
>  JH wrote: You'd expect a lot of anatomical development and change
> between embryo and
> adult.
> 
> >>>>>  Not if they were able to fly shortly after hatching (sensu
> Unwin). And not if they were days or minutes from hatching as this one
> apparently was.

How do hatchling megapodes compare skeletally to adults? They can fly
soon after hatching, but they still seem to have the usual juvenile
'cuteness'.

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