Comments on: And now for something completely different, I bring you: Pelagornis https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/ A blog about political change, among other things Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Sam L. https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-802724 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 20:39:10 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-802724 One would think that these bones would have been publicized…

]]> By: Walt https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801826 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 02:18:52 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801826 Or, contra Blert, there was a greater proportion of oxygen in the air — which could provide greater muscular activity permitting the beast to do what no bird of that size could with oxygen available in our day.

]]> By: Roy Lofquist https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801459 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 05:26:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801459 Bumblebees can’t fly either.

]]> By: rickl https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801365 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:26:37 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801365 I suppose it’s fitting that the bones were found near an airport. The thing was almost as big as a small plane.

]]> By: kaba https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801331 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:37:20 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801331 Redefines the concept of Big Bird, no?

]]> By: carl in atlanta https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801298 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:59:39 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801298 Neo: In your caption I thought (at first) that you might be riffing on the old Rocky and Bullwinkle Show !

]]> By: blert https://thenewneo.com/2014/07/10/and-now-for-something-completely-different-i-bring-you-pelagornis/#comment-801295 Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:54:40 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/?p=40826#comment-801295 It was able to fly because there was too much carbon dioxide in the air way back then.

The increased density made it possible for this critter to glide.

It went extinct when carbon dioxide levels collapsed due to global vegetation and limestone bed formation.

What a pity.

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More to the point, how could it eat?

It would have to be a fish eating surface skimmer.

Dolphins may have done it in.

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