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I would imagine that the lift to mass ratio of a small animal like an insect would be more forgiving, allowing an organism that evolved those '1%' wings through
by Teever 5y ago
I would imagine that the lift to mass ratio of a small animal like an insect would be more forgiving, allowing an organism that evolved those '1%' wings through random mutation to see sufficient benefit that a selective pressure could then produce larger and more articulatable '2%' and then '3%' wings and so on...
- amelius 5y agoWouldn't it make sense that bird-wings started also with small animals in evolution?
- Teever 5y agoYes but I don't think the smallest birds are all that comparable in size to the smallest insects. Keep in mind that for many insects their terminal velocity isn't sufficient to kill them on landing. So an ant can be dropped from an airplane, fall for thousands of feet, hit the ground, and the walk on like nothing happened.