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dhogaza



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(Permalink) Posted: Mar. 19 2006,12:57   

"Remarking that the running, bipedal insectivore leaping after prey scenario is somewhat plausible, Denton nonetheless says that  "no known animal regularly catches flying insects by leaping after them"

Poorwill catch insects by perching quietly on the ground at night (their legs are too weak for them to stand) and leaping up (powered by their wings) and snatching them as they fly by.

Looks like Denton doesn't know guano about birds.

  
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