February 08, 2016 05:17PM
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Lee Olsen Wrote:
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> > > > Cost:Benefit ratio shows birds
> were
> > very
> > > > profitable.
> > > > lots of modern birds run.
> > >
> > > So how fast does the average percher
> run?
> >
> > Average percher? I don't know that term.
>
> I didn't either until I looked at what is
> classified as a percher.
>
> > I'm
> > referring to dino-birds with long boney
> fleshy
> > tails who I surmise perched compressionally
> on
> > branches (perhaps boulders also),
>
> > not modern birds
> > who perch tensionally on branches. Not sure
> if you
> > are able to grasp the difference, as you
> keep
> > confusing the two.
>
> I posted a link to a reconstruction of an Early
> Cretaceous bird
Yes, bird. Birds perch tensionally and lack long bony fleshy tails.
Dinobirds perched compressionally and had long bony fleshy tails.
Why are you confusing that?
sitting in a tree that looks more
> like a perching bird than a lineman looks like Zs.
> I honestly don't think I'm the one that is
> confused.
>
>
> > By the way, I just watched a sparrow try to
> eat a
> > flattened dehydrated earthworm, couldn't do
> it but
> > sure tried hard. Too bad it hasn't any teeth
> or
> > "slashing claws",
> >or maybe a stone micro-blade.
>
> Bet the sparrow didn't pounce out of tree onto the
> worm.
I didn't see the initial attack, but a branch (with other sparrows) was above the patio edge where it was trying to eat the worm.
It may have seen it from a limb and flew
> down to it,
Perhaps so.
but an ostrich that is known for
> running and not hopping would have no trouble with
> that worm.
It would have had to take the elevator to the 2nd floor, I guess.
>
> > >
> > > And so far we haven't seen perchers any
> > bigger
> > > than 4 pounds, either in the Early
> > Cretaceous or
> > > modern. What we see is a fringe theory
> that
> > "They
> > > were not really fast ground runners,
> they
> > probably
> > > hopped most of the time" in spite of
> the
> > fact
> > > ostrich-like and roadrunner-like
> creatures
> > were
> > > able to evolve in a dense Cretaceous
> forest.
> >
> > >
> >
> > You need to distinguish between
> compressional
> > perching and tensional perching, and between
> > bipedal running and quadrupedal running,
> otherwise
> > it is confusing.
>
> Why? You haven't demonstrated Zs (or any other
> dino bird for that matter) was "not very fast",
> "hopped most of the time" or "pounced" out of
> trees/ferns yet. You are assuming what you are
> claiming, that's circular.
>
I'm merely using the terms correctly.
>
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Lee Olsen |
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DDeden |
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