Evolution most certainly DOES get stuck in local maxima: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0 . Also, it's quite ea

Evolution most certainly DOES get stuck in local maxima: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0 http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cO1a1Ek-HD0 . Also, it's quite easy for me to imagine an animal like an angel, with arms and wings. Tetrapods only have 4 limbs to work with though. For bats to gain wings they had to lose their front legs.