To: NormsRevenge
Soooo.... Two-winged critters are more complex than four-winged?
That doesn’t make any sense.
10 posted on
09/28/2009 4:18:54 PM PDT by
OneWingedShark
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To: OneWingedShark
Depends on the shoulder area. If there isn’t a degree of lateral as well as axial motion, the wings may have had the utility of a gliding apparatus, and not sustained flight
11 posted on
09/28/2009 4:21:18 PM PDT by
Pistolshot
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To: OneWingedShark
Take a look at the insect world.
Bees and wasps (Hymenoptera) have two pairs, flies (Diptera) one pair and a vestigal knob in the place of the 2nd pair.
Beetles (Coleoptera) have a pair of elytra, a covering for the membranous pair that they use to fly.
12 posted on
09/28/2009 4:33:18 PM PDT by
Battle Axe
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