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Old 03-13-09, 06:59 AM   #1
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I wouldn't say its strange, I'd say it shows evidence that nature had them pretty well just right when the supercontinent/s split up.
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Flightless birds happen because of,"regression towards the mean", the use it or lose it of natural selection. It would be odd if it didn't happen.

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Old 03-13-09, 07:31 AM   #2
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You shouldn't think of flightlessness as a regression. It is an
improvement/adaptation to save energy and allow larger body
mass etc., not a regression from under use.
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Old 03-13-09, 07:40 AM   #3
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Flightless birds happen because of,"regression towards the mean", the use it or lose it of natural selection. It would be odd if it didn't happen.
No they didn't they are flightless becaus God made them that way at the start , though its unclear which day because it isn't a bird of the air so must have been made on the day of animals of the land ....and if the evil Obama has his way this scientific truth won't be allowed to be taught as science .
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Old 03-13-09, 09:21 AM   #4
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Pelosi Mouse....

There I win the thread !

and no mention of Obama
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