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    From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 28 14:22:41 2022
    Arboreal perching x locking tendons x reduced tailbone x arboreal sleep/bowl nests

    Kunpengopterus antipollicatus was the first animal we know of to have opposable thumbs.

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 28 14:50:57 2022
    On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:22:42 PM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    Arboreal perching x locking tendons x reduced tailbone x arboreal sleep/bowl nests

    Kunpengopterus antipollicatus was the first animal we know of to have opposable thumbs.

    https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kunpengopterus-antipollicatus-09548.html

    Advantage: locomoting & perching & foraging (later nesting) on diagonal fine branches, tensionally, unlike others on large horizontal branches, compressionally. Same in birds and hominoids. All lost long/strong tails as a result.

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  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 28 15:56:27 2022
    The cursorial origins of powered flight in birds is correct. None of this
    "Tree Top Gliders" idiocy."




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    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/693836218621968384

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  • From DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_l@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 28 20:28:32 2022
    On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:50:58 PM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    On Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 5:22:42 PM UTC-4, DD'eDeN aka note/nickname/alas_my_loves wrote:
    Arboreal perching x locking tendons x reduced tailbone x arboreal sleep/bowl nests

    Kunpengopterus antipollicatus was the first animal we know of to have opposable thumbs.
    https://www.sci.news/paleontology/kunpengopterus-antipollicatus-09548.html

    Advantage: locomoting & perching & foraging (later nesting) on diagonal fine branches, tensionally, unlike others on large horizontal branches, compressionally. Same in birds and hominoids. All lost long/strong tails as a result.
    David Peters at pterosaur heresies criticizes the claim of opposable thumbs.

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