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Sounds convincing. But I found a flaw. Typically birds take their winter holidays in the warm continents, they don't shelter in caves. So birds would have gone
by rurban 5y ago
Sounds convincing. But I found a flaw. Typically birds take their winter holidays in the warm continents, they don't shelter in caves. So birds would have gone extinct also. But they didn't.
So maybe they did shelter in caves, such as bats do, and then later decided it would be more appropriate to spend their winter holidays at the French Riviera or Cancun and not in their caves anymore. Because the bats messed up all those places. A stretch
- hexointed 5y agoOr some of the dinosaurs survived just by luck, even though they may have been disadvantaged compared to non-dinosaurs
- paulcole 5y ago> Sounds convincing. But I found a flaw. Interesting. Are you planning to alert the journal that published the paper discussed in the article of this stunningly obvious error? It’s very frustrating that every journal doesn’t keep an HN commenter on staff so boneheaded blunders like this don’t continue to slip through.
- rurban 5y agoGood idea, thanks. But before I'll consult with my local birds expert.
- throwaway2048 5y agoFrom all indications flying birds went extinct at the K-T boundary and later flight re-evolved from ground dwelling birds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiornithes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enantiornithes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGR5yOrChMA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGR5yOrChMA