Re: Flightless pterosaur question:

[David Peters <davidpeters@att.net>]

Of course, but that's the easy answer. Some flightless birds do not have 
absurdly short wings. 

What's the threshold for flight/flightlessness?

Could it be found in the pectoral girdle, rather than the wings?

Witness the Kagu:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagu

"The wings are not reduced in size like some other flightless birds, but they 
lack the musculature for flight."

D


--- On Wed, 3/24/10, Saint Abyssal <saint_abyssal@yahoo.com> wrote:


> Absurdly short or gracile flight
> digits?
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> > If flightless birds keep their wings,
> > how will we know (or what threshold will they cross)
> that
> > tells us a pterosaur just can't fly?
> > 
> > Any predictions?
> > 
> > David Peters
> > davidpeters@att.net
> > 
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