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Colugo (flying lemur) in flight (related to lemurs, but isn't): ![]() Ptychozoon (genus of gliding geckos): Wallace's Tree Frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus): Joel |
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And let me point out that recently published descriptions of the dromaeosaur Microraptor gui, while not showing "half a wing," which is an absurdity, do show a compelling functional intermediate tetrapteryx stage, and may well have been capable of gliding. According to Xu et al (2003):
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Prum, 2003. Dinosaurs take to the air. Nature 421, 323-324. Xu et al, 2003. Four-winged dinosaurs from China. Nature 421, 335-340. Patrick |
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Let's not forget the flying fish:
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When I see flying fish, I feel like saying to evolution:
"Come on now, that's just plain silly!" |
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