Jules Poirier lectures in British Columbia

scott at home.com scott at home.com
Sun Sep 17 23:28:56 EDT 2000


In <amg39.REMOVETHIS-62773D.21591816092000 at newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, WickedDyno <amg39.REMOVETHIS at cornell.edu.invalid> writes:
>In article <8q17he$45q$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>, jarofclay at my-deja.com wrote:
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>> 14.Describe one insect that was transitional between a non-flying
>> insect and a flying insect.
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>A gliding insect.
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Amazing!

So not only is flying a convergent feature,
but so is the actual transition from gliding
to flying.



>> From what creatures did butterflies evolve?
>
>I don't know.
>
Some butterfly-like ancestor.


Scott


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