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        <title>The Evolution of Flight</title>
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        <![CDATA[ Interesting hypothesis on how flapping wings got started: http://www.sciencedaily.c...2011/12/111214171541.htm

"When a modern hawk has latched its enlarged claws into its prey, it can no longer use the feet for stabilization and positioning," Fowler said. "Instead the predator flaps its wings so that the prey stays underneath its feet, where it can be pinned down by the predator's bodyweight."

The researchers suggest that this 'stability flapping' uses less energy than flight, making it... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: The Evolution of Flight ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ tinybluedot wrote:Sounds reasonable to me. My chicken flaps for stability when she sits on my arm.
Yay for chickens! I have some too - they are great. They seem to me to be a good example of a transitionary form between flighted and flightless birds - th...<br /><a href="http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/reply/281346/The-Evolution-of-Flight#reply-281346">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Sounds reasonable to me. My chicken flaps for stability when she sits on my arm. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ nevermind, see above post ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: The Evolution of Flight ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Apparently there is a bird in New Zealand (where there were no other mammals before humans brought them over) which has filled the mammal role and does not fly any more. But it has wings and apparently attempts to fly, whereby it falls flat on its face. C...<br /><a href="http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/reply/281092/The-Evolution-of-Flight#reply-281092">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Interesting... I forget where but I have also read about the Kakapo using its flightless wings for stability when hopping around. I know Douglas Adams talks about them in "Last Chance to See" and so does Dawkins somewhere but I am not sure where I read it...<br /><a href="http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/reply/280873/The-Evolution-of-Flight#reply-280873">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Interesting hypothesis on how flapping wings got started: http://www.sciencedaily.c...2011/12/111214171541.htm

"When a modern hawk has latched its enlarged claws into its prey, it can no longer use the feet for stabilization and positioning," Fowler sa...<br /><a href="http://exjehovahswitnessforum.yuku.com/topic/22240/The-Evolution-of-Flight">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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