Comments on: Xenicibis, the extinct ibis that swung its wings like clubs http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10314 Ed Yong Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:40:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10314 @ amphiox - Good question. From the paper: "There is no evidence that the club is dimorphic. It is, therefore, likely that intraspecific combat would have focused on securing territory, rather than mates." @ amphiox – Good question. From the paper: “There is no evidence that the club is dimorphic. It is, therefore, likely that intraspecific combat would have focused on securing territory, rather than mates.”

]]> By: Crow http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10313 Crow Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:07:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10313 Karate birds! Very cool. I should do a toon on it. Karate birds! Very cool. I should do a toon on it.

]]> By: Ed Yong http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10312 Ed Yong Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:17:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10312 Heh. ;-) Yeah, Darren's blog was the first place I looked at to see if anyone had written about this before. Heh. ;-) Yeah, Darren’s blog was the first place I looked at to see if anyone had written about this before.

]]> By: mo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10311 mo Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:08:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10311 Do you know this?: http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/detachable_wing-daggers.php http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/clubs_spurs_spikes_and_claws.php http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/07/spurs_blades_jacanas_lapwings.php tetrapod zoology: best thing in scienceblogs, now that you are gone ;) aw, damn, ninja'd by not reading to whole post first. Do you know this?:

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/detachable_wing-daggers.php

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/clubs_spurs_spikes_and_claws.php

http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/07/spurs_blades_jacanas_lapwings.php

tetrapod zoology: best thing in scienceblogs, now that you are gone ;)
aw, damn, ninja’d by not reading to whole post first.

]]> By: amphiox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10310 amphiox Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:44:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10310 Are there enough specimens to know if there is sexual dimorphism in this feature? That might provide some insight into whether this was a feature for defense against predators or for battling conspecific rivals. Are there enough specimens to know if there is sexual dimorphism in this feature? That might provide some insight into whether this was a feature for defense against predators or for battling conspecific rivals.

]]> By: Charles Sullivan http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/01/04/xenicibis-the-extinct-ibis-that-swung-its-wings-like-clubs/#comment-10309 Charles Sullivan Wed, 05 Jan 2011 04:42:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=3552#comment-10309 Talk about sweet science. Talk about sweet science.

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