Re: Hone and Benton 2007 (their second paper)

[Tim Williams <twilliams_alpha@hotmail.com>]

Anthony Docimo wrote:

> *tries to imagine Archie (or any other wing-feathered maniraptoran) 
> climbing like a goat*
>
> u,mmm.....I'm having trouble forming that image.  think you could provide a 
> sketch or a drawing of it, to help the rest of us along?
> (even a cartoon)

I wasn't actually advocating the idea that _Archaeopteryx_ climbed trees 
like a goat.  No way Jose.  All I was doing was underscoring how vague and 
potentially misleading the word "arboreal" can be.  The term really has to 
be put into a context in order for it to be meaningful.

Cheers

Tim

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