tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567196806175372342.post3613137247864344911..comments2023-05-11T12:03:15.284+00:00Comments on this life's a fiction: Not another gliding reptile...Malacodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02602635447222532525noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567196806175372342.post-46544126606031598582010-09-21T17:29:19.300+00:002010-09-21T17:29:19.300+00:00There is a theory that humans walked with dinosaur...There is a theory that humans walked with dinosaurs, there are footprints of humans along with dinosaurs, maybe our whole history should be rewritten.Generic Cialishttp://www.softcialis.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567196806175372342.post-14843685593239344572008-09-09T01:52:00.000+00:002008-09-09T01:52:00.000+00:00My guess would be that the very actof gliding make...My guess would be that the very actof gliding makes them more susceptible to preservation, or to be more specific, more likely to have a whoopsie and end up in a lake.<BR/><BR/>Gliding in these kinds of things is not an exact science and their steering is not great. I would suggest that they are therfore more likely to (on occasion) drop into the odd place where then can be buried and preserved as opposed to terrestrial animals that wonät take the plunge or true fliers that would not fall in.<BR/><BR/>Conjecture to be sure, but certainly possible. They might also be highly numerous, Draco, where it lives can be very common indeed as it really can outcompete others in some environments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567196806175372342.post-75441738614880126162007-03-23T14:43:00.000+00:002007-03-23T14:43:00.000+00:00OK, but if they were so constrained how did they e...OK, but if they were so constrained how did they expand their geographic ranges? and if they were purely arboreal why do we have so many fossils? (It is an unlikely environment for preservation).Malacodahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02602635447222532525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567196806175372342.post-82922710333049163562007-03-22T14:28:00.000+00:002007-03-22T14:28:00.000+00:00Re: "Why did none of the groups possessing this od...Re: "Why did none of the groups possessing this odd trait persist for for more than a few million years?"<BR/><BR/>Since these animals are gliders living in an arboreal habitat they have fewer options then true flyers when times get tough. Perhaps they could not easily/quickly move to other forests when problems struck their habitat (eg fire, disease).Sarda Sahneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304436221452464387noreply@blogger.com