Turkeys and T-Rex…
– – Dinosaurs, like turkeys, had a wishbone, called a furcula.–I love that name so much I wish I had one, too…fur-cula! It was really the fusion of two collarbones at the sternum, where a bird’s flying muscles link up. It’s elastic and great for flying.
Turns out that T-Rex and the Velociraptor had wishbones, too. While they of course didn’t fly*, this discovery is one of the many bits of evidence that shows birds evolved from dinosaurs!
(*Wouldn’t a flying Velociraptor be extremely cool, though?)
– –Happy Thanksgiving from Foxsylvania, BTW!
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FOXSYLVANIA 
November 27, 2009 at 1:38 am
There we have to agree to permanently disagree, partner. A flying V-raptor would be most definitely NOT be cool!
Well, not unless it were tall enough to take on Godzilla in a 1960-70’s Toho flick.
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November 27, 2009 at 2:58 am
(In badly-dubbed English) “Godzilla will come from Monster Island to defend Tokyo from flying raptors!”
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November 29, 2009 at 3:50 am
Semi-relevant aside: when I was about ten years old, and first heard “Gamera” was going to be telecast on that old show, “Creature Features,” I initially thought the title was referring to a camera that shot gamma rays!
You know; such as evil Saturday morning-cartoon scientists might use to shoot down American missiles?
BIRRRRRRRRRRRRD MAN!
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November 30, 2009 at 12:07 am
–“Creature Features!”–I used to watch that faithfully!–Another one was “Chiller Theater!”
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