Jules Poirier lectures in British Columbia

[rich hammett]

In talk.origins scott at home.com allegedly wrote:
> In <amg39.REMOVETHIS-AAA43C.23363617092000 at newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, WickedDyno <amg39.REMOVETHIS at cornell.edu.invalid> writes:
>>In article <39c58d4f_1 at news1.prserv.net>, scott at home.com wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
>>> >
>>> <snip>
>>> >
>>> >> 14.Describe one insect that was transitional between a non-flying
>>> >> insect and a flying insect.
>>> >
>>> >A gliding insect.
>>> >
>>> Amazing!
>>> 
>>> So not only is flying a convergent feature,
>>> but so is the actual transition from gliding
>>> to flying.
>>
>>Yup.  It's just useful to not die when falling off something high,
>>I guess.
>>
> Do insects sense height?

I doubt it.  But they sense being dead.

rich

>>> >> From what creatures did butterflies evolve?
>>> >
>>> >I don't know.
>>> >
>>> Some butterfly-like ancestor.
>>
>>Someone else indicated that it was probably a moth of some sort.
>>
> Or, more appropriately, something moth-like.


> regards,

> Scott


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