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Watch this ‘nonswimming’ bird swim like a champ, giving clues to evolution of penguins – Science Magazine
Finding suggests the bird transition from air to water may have been easier than thought
By Elizabeth PennisiJan. 5, 2021 , 12:30 PM
European starlings look nothing like penguins. But these chunky black birds are natural-born swimmers, a new study reveals. The finding may hold key clues to how their bigger black-and-white cousinsand scores of other water-loving birdsgained their ability to swim.
The work is exciting and gives scientists a new direction for studying the evolution of swimming in birds, says Frank Fish, an integrative biologist at West Chester University who was not involved…
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