Lolu "Rrtayä ayyayor syal? - Earth birds had 4 wings?

[Taronyu Leleioae]

Recent discovery indicates some early (meaning prehistoric) birds on earth may have had 4 wings and not two!  Meaning the "rear" legs had plumed feathers which may have been active used in flight.  Does this mean there existed a "Rrtayä ikranay which was lost in evolution?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/15/four-winged-birds-study_n_2884914.html




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[Tìtstewan]

The two rear wings were not actively required for the flight. Rather, they were good for gliding and control.
Same like Ikran, the front wing will actively used for the flight.
However, it is very interesting!

[Vawmataw]

Pandora existed... on Earth!

[Tsanten Eywa 'eveng]

I have one word:

Outstanding!!!

Yeah, it means it existed, till it was extinct, along with the dinosaurs. You know absolutely everything died of that enormous asteroid, 65 million years ago.

[Tìtstewan]

Oh man, we need a time machine to see that in real....

[Taronyu Leleioae]

Oh man, we need a time machine to see that in real....

I hope you mean a potentially 4 winged bird. 

Otherwise I'd just as soon view the asteroid impact from orbit and out of the way...

[Kamean]

Awesome!

[Tìtstewan]

I mean the 4 winged bird.

[Taronyu Leleioae]

Wou!  Kosman!  (Nice art example...)

[Tìtstewan]

I remeber a documentation called 'The Future is Wild' and in them may
will have (in 100M years) a bird with 4 wing again:

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

The four-winged bird pictured is reminiscent of a fantastic animal, a gryphon. The tail control surface looks like a gryphons, and there is on reason the rear 'cat legs' couldn't have feathers as well.

[Kamean]

I mean the 4 winged bird.

I remeber a documentation called 'The Future is Wild' and in them may
will have (in 100M years) a bird with 4 wing again:

Interesting birds.

[Taronyu Leleioae]

Something more...  

I decided to spend part of the day in Boston today, and chose to go to the Museum of Science to see a temporary exhibit.  While I was there, I purchased tickets to see an approximately 20 minute film in basic 3D (cheap glasses).  The film itself was created / sponsored by National Geographic and has been out since May 2011.  It was about the evolution of pterosaur's (flying dinosaurs) in both a scientific and virtual rendering presentation.  

Not sure where the film is still being played, however National Geographic sponsored it through multiple museums of science.  Don't let the cheesy title of "Flying Monsters" cause you to think negatively about it.  For a short film on a budget far less than Avatar, it was well put together and uses "the same state-of-the-art 3D CGI technology used in "Avatar"."  They even discussed steering vanes on the head... 

More about the film from National Geographic's website and museums that had contracted to offer it.  *CLICK*
Interestingly, one of the museums listed (as of May 2012) is the National Museum of Natural History (Washington, D.C.)

Here is the film's actual website link.  *CLICK*
The current listings of where it is actually being shown and the trailer!  *CLICK*

[Taronyu]

There are currently animals without than two wings. Dragon flies are awesome guys.

[`Eylan Ayfalulukanä]

From what I understand, four-winged insects are the rule, and not the exception. In fact, one specific order of insects, the dioptera, are singled out as having two winfs. this order includes an exceptionally common kind of insect, flies.