tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post252646879639303431..comments2024-03-25T09:31:36.926+01:00Comments on Furahan Biology and Allied Matters: Rhinogradentia IV: finalSigmund Nastrazzurrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-50138230948166422042021-10-14T15:44:04.678+02:002021-10-14T15:44:04.678+02:00Davide: I have no idea whether that particu7lar bo...Davide: I have no idea whether that particu7lar book was ever translated into English or distributed in the US, but the chances of people in the US seeing the book seem small. <br /> I think it is more likely that, if you take a vertebrate hand as the scaffolding for a wing, you end up either with a bat wing or with something in which each finger carries a separate winglet. It seems fairly logical, and maybe even more so than doing away with almost the entire hand skeleton, as birds did... Sigmund Nastrazzurrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449461215427527447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5821098719340852065.post-17384356989434666222021-10-10T13:45:47.974+02:002021-10-10T13:45:47.974+02:00Sorry if this seems a bit late, but I couldn't...Sorry if this seems a bit late, but I couldn't help but notice that the flying 'Balhörner' has a wing design which bears more than a passive resemblance to the membranous overlapping "finger fins" of the banshee and great leonopteryx from Avatar.<br />Another case of convergent speculation or actual inspiration of the Avatar team?Davide Gioiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00541804529581203322noreply@blogger.com