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gus_massa
on Dec 25, 2012
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Did learning to fly give bats super-immunity?
Very strange, I'd like to see more evidence.
Is there some analogous adaptation for birds? Flying / non-flying birds?
abecedarius
on Dec 25, 2012
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Birds are also long-lived, compared to mammals of similar size. One of Nick Lane's books discussed this and something about their adaptations against damage from respiration -- either
Oxygen
or
Power, Sex, Suicide
, I forget which.
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Is there some analogous adaptation for birds? Flying / non-flying birds?