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Why Did Penguins Stop Flying? The Answer Is Evolutionary
National Geographic ^
| May 20, 2013
| Brian Handwerk
Posted on 05/21/2013 7:34:58 PM PDT by EveningStar
Penguins lost the ability to fly eons ago, and scientists may have finally figured out why. A new study suggests that getting off the ground eventually just took too much effort for birds that were becoming expert swimmers.
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals; Science
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; penguins
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To: EveningStar
They did?
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:49:55 PM PDT
by
Revolting cat!
(Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
To: EveningStar
Because they’re liberals and the government told them they couldn’t?
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:51:07 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: DManA
And my response was intended to travel along those same lines ... nothing to do with anybody’s eternal soul. LOL!
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:51:42 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(There is absolutely no difference between pro-choice and pro-abortion.)
To: EveningStar
Why did penguins stop flying?
three letters: TSA
CC
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:54:26 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
To: EveningStar
Because chickens can’t, practick-ully speaking....
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:54:53 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Pengoo-ins)
To: Delta Dawn
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:56:00 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
05/21/2013 7:56:05 PM PDT
by
PieterCasparzen
(We have to fix things ourselves)
To: Blood of Tyrants
So obvious isn’t it?
What’s so hard to understand that they’re flippers and not wings?
To: EveningStar
Why did Penguins stop flying?
Because Ice Cream has no bones!
To: FReepers; Patriots; FRiends
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:05:57 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: EveningStar
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:06:25 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: doc1019
That seems the most logical answer. God knows what He’s doing, and it pleased Him to create such a wonderfully different bird. They certainly bring enjoyment to many of us!
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:08:49 PM PDT
by
skr
(May God confound the enemy)
To: mountn man
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:14:59 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: skr
So GOD snaped his fingers and penguins existed.
Does God have fingers?
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:26:51 PM PDT
by
DManA
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:28:04 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: EveningStar
The Penguins are in Pittsburgh. The Flyers are in Philly.
To: EveningStar
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:38:35 PM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
To: EveningStar
That’s an easy one. There’s more food underwater than there is up in the air.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:39:13 PM PDT
by
jespasinthru
(Proud member of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy.)
To: EveningStar
Hard to catch fish in the air.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:41:59 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:44:37 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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