tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post3828570186964690755..comments2023-07-15T05:32:20.508-07:00Comments on Frontiers of Zoology: Thunderbird Skeleton?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-47983250776540979862014-04-12T14:28:41.785-07:002014-04-12T14:28:41.785-07:00MK Davis is a video analyst on YouTube, and a Face...MK Davis is a video analyst on YouTube, and a Facebook Friend of mine. I do not necessarily endorse everything he says. Furthermore I do not believe that he has any training in Ornithology.<br /><br />In the current instance the bird might be a ratite (Ostrich like ground bird) but we need to have the breastbone clearly in view to know that for certain. Furthermore I am not aware of any ratites which were supposedly native to Pleistocene North America.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-49852172011876351872014-04-12T09:22:27.166-07:002014-04-12T09:22:27.166-07:00Is the MK Davis mentioned here the same MK Davis w...Is the MK Davis mentioned here the same MK Davis who did an analysis of the Patterson-Gimlin bigfoot film and concluded that the subject in the film had a ponytail?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03904394883991936726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629061224332673795.post-28407847631261693522014-04-11T11:33:47.667-07:002014-04-11T11:33:47.667-07:00That is interesting. The elongated hip area puts ...That is interesting. The elongated hip area puts one in mind of a waterfowl. I googled swan skeletons and goose skeletons, but I don't think they match exactly. This specimen seems much more robust. <br /><br /> The Rhea seems to have a long pelvic area like that as well, an adaptation to ground living I suppose. The skeletal reconstructions of the Teratorn that came up in a google image search on the other hand have very reduced pelvic bones compared to this. Check it out and see what you think.<br /><br />To be honest, looking at pictures of ostrich skeletons, I have to wonder if this isn't an ostrich after all. The ribs on this cave specimen are so thick even compared to the Rhea. Could a predator have dragged an ostrich from an ostrich ranch to feed? Or could a flood washed a dead or escaped ostrich from a ranch to this cave? On the other hand, maybe it was a Diatryma! philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08513876927710154838noreply@blogger.com