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Roadrunners can fly, can't they? "flying is limited to gliding from a nest or perch to the ground, or between perches" "Male roadrunners perch atop fence post
by perl4ever 5y ago
Roadrunners can fly, can't they?
"flying is limited to gliding from a nest or perch to the ground, or between perches"
"Male roadrunners perch atop fence posts and rocks"
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Roadrunner/lifehistory https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Greater_Roadrunner/lifeh...
- jws 5y agoRoadrunners lack a keel on their breastbone and have relatively small pectoral muscles. They can fly a little, but my 4 minutes of internet research say it is unlikely that bird can fly over that wall.
- perl4ever 5y agoI don't claim to have done more than 4 minutes of research myself, but supporting a negative proposition is a lot harder than finding evidence for the existence of something.
- atatatat 5y agoThat was the political message — right?
- perl4ever 5y agoThe political message is bound to be either that the border wall is an insurmountable barrier with devastating consequences, or that it's trivial to get past and a complete useless waste of money. It's logically possible for it to be both at once, depending on context but it's an interestingly contradictory aesthetic.