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Re: Question: Why did birds lose their teeth?

To: "rtravsky@uwyo.edu" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu>
Subject: Re: Question: Why did birds lose their teeth?
From: Matt Martyniuk <martyniuk@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:57:52 -0400
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But all if those are secondarily flightless, so their lack if teeth would not 
have a bearing on the role of teeth in flight.

Matt Martyniuk

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> On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:52 AM, "Richard W. Travsky" <rtravsky@uwyo.edu> wrote:
> 
> 
> According to wiki, there are some 40 species of flightless birds. And all are 
> toothless.
> 
> Weight reduction from tooth loss does not seem to apply here.

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- Re: Question: Why did birds lose their teeth?
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