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From: dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi)
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Subject: Those amazing 250 pound birds.
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Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 01:13:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 13 01:13:35 1985
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Ted Holden has used the pteratorn, a 250 pound bird with a 30 foot wing
span, as evidence that the force of gravity was once less than it is
now.  Birds existing today that fly weigh less than 30 pounds, and the
largest can barely take off.

I'll give Ted the benefit of the doubt, and assume for the sake of
argument, that the pteratorn existed, would not be able to fly today,
and that the force of gravity was weaker before the flood.  If all this
is so, then, even in lower gravity, the pteratorn would *still* not be
able to fly.

Sure, the bird would weigh less, but so would the air.  The lighter air
would, as a result have lower pressure, and as a direct result lower
density.  Even though the bird would be lighter, the thinner air still
wouldn't be able to support it.

The flood waters above the surface of the earth couldn't add any weight
to the atmosphere to increase it's density to a point where it could
support the bird, because, as Ted has said, the water was *orbiting*.

I'm rather curious to know whether the Velikovskians have ever thought of
this problem, and if so, what their answer to it is.

-- 
David Canzi

Ultimate tabloid headline: "Crazed by UFO radiation, pregnant man bites dog."