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I would love to see a special on Desmostylia. (Or, alternately, one specifically on convergent evolution since that's one of my favorite things).
Winter Ferger
2018-12-08 05:31:59 +0000 UTCHm interesting point. I wouldn’t say we prefer it. It’s more like we just run out of synonyms for “animal” in a 10 minute script. But duly noted! (BdeP)
PBS Eons
2018-11-30 23:10:46 +0000 UTCWhy does Eons prefer the word "creature" to "animal"? Creature is defined as "an animal, as distinct from a human being," and may mean "being that was created". Not really evolution-friendly, is it?
Tsee Lee
2018-11-29 00:53:14 +0000 UTC<a href="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chirofr.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/eutheria/chirofr.html</a> the most reputable source I've found is this article from UC Berkeley. TL:DR, bats have fragile bones making fossilization very rare, so finding a complete specimen is frustrating work
Quinlan Vuong
2018-09-28 22:38:20 +0000 UTCWell that sucks. The mystery of the batwing lives on then
Quinlan Vuong
2018-09-28 22:32:11 +0000 UTCQuinlan - great question and something my partner and I were wondering about too! How did bats evolve flight and how are they related to other flying/gliding mammals? Unfortunately, when I did some quick searching I came almost immediately to David Peters' website The Pterosaur Heresies (related to his Reptile Evolution website). I perused a bit and then wondered who this guy was, at which point I found a Scientific America article on him and his "research." I'd recommend reading the SA article; it's a good example about how you need to check your sources of information. <a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/world-must-ignore-reptileevolution-com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/world-must-ignore-reptileevolution-com/</a>
Tonya Richardson
2018-09-23 19:10:47 +0000 UTCShame that I missed this, but I do have a question I would enjoy to see a video tackle: how did bats first fly? What's the earliest fossil evidence of a bat Learning to Fly?
Quinlan Vuong
2018-09-22 23:13:19 +0000 UTC
