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A comment on How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs (2015).

Re:How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs (2015) by thaumasiotes on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @10:02PM (#23473112)
> “Archaeopteryx seemed to emerge fully fledged with the characteristics of modern birds,” said Michael Benton

Pun intended?

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Re:How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs (2015) by philoye on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:08PM (#23473504)
I suspect so, another one:

> Yet once those avian features were in place, birds took off.

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Re:How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs (2015) by andrewflnr on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:23PM (#23473585)
It's almost not even a pun, just a literal statement. "Fledge" just means "to become feathered". https://www.etymonline.com/word/fledge
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Re:How Birds Evolved From Dinosaurs (2015) by ianmcgowan on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @12:21AM (#23473883)
Insert Simpson's <"That's the joke"> meme here...
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