In a message dated 5/16/01 1:42:12 PM, [log in to unmask] writes:
<< I really never considered ostriches as flightless birds considering that
if you even saw one on the run they look like they are flying , emperor
penguins was my target bird. >>
Ostriches look like they are flying? No way. If the appearance of flight
counts, then penguins certainly are less flightless than ostrich or emu.
Peguins do fly, albeit through the water. (And eagle rays look the most
flightworthy of all the undersea creatures.)