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From: aj-mberg@dasys1.UUCP (Micha Berger)
Newsgroups: sci.bio,talk.origins
Subject: Re: The birds and the beaks
Summary: Convergence
Keywords: evolution, birds, beaks
Message-ID: <9229@dasys1.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 89 20:03:43 GMT
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Organization: The Big Electric Cat
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> 	As a side note I seem to recall a short, fat, shelled four-legged
> snake with a beak. (Okay, okay, I know turtles aren't even close to being
> snakes. Call it post-tistic licence.)

	If turtles DO have a beak, this bring up a sore point in Evolutionary
theory -convergences. Anyone want to build up odds that to phyla solved
a problem exactly the same way? Ever look into an octapus eye lately?

				Micha Berger



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