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The Evolution of Flight.... why are some birds grounded?

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Yaro
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09-24-2003 8:44 PM 		Reply to: Message 5 by mike the wiz
09-24-2003 8:39 PM

Not really, because those birds have traded in those wings for fast legs like ostriches for example, and given time, it is likely that the vestigal apendage will either "evolve away" or become something usefull.
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The Kewi for example, has bearly noticable vestigal wings.
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