Why?

[hubbs]

Why do do chickens. Ostrich and Emus have wings. I mean they serve like no purpose what-so-ever. I just don't get it.

 

[IBhacknU]

ask Darwin

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

They do serve some purpose, not much for flying though. Some chickens can achieve flight.

 

[kami]

It's all evolution. They are either birds evolving into something that cannot fly, or something else evolving into a bird. That's my guess anyway. Note that this process takes millions of years...!

 

[Pretender]

Ok, think about it this way: If you had wings, you could do the 2 following things:

1) When you fall out of a plane at 20,000 ft and your parachute fails, you can flap your arms, err, I mean wings. Ok, so you might still hit the ground, but you won't splatter as much when you do.

2) When you b!tchslap someone, if you have feathers on your arm (e.g. a wing), there's a good chance one of the feathers will hit the guy in his nose, then he'll sneeze and look like a total moron.



See, wings aren't completely useless.

 

[hubbs]

So what a taradactal got jiggy w/an elephant and that's how we got ostriches?

 

[snow patrol]

Chickens have wings so humans can eat them.

 

[Yeeny]

Why do birds suddenly appear, everytime you are near? Sorry, the title and then the topic just made me think of that.

And maybe they have wings to beat off the roosters when they get too friendly?

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

<< maybe they have wings to beat off the roosters >>

Ummm.. yeah, why didn't I think of that?

 

[hubbs]

But how do they beat off an elephant they are a little larger.

 

[snow patrol]

Not if it's a giant chicken, and a baby elephant. Jeeze Hubbs, must you always ask these foooolish questions?

 

[AMDJunkie]

Their ancestors probably could fly once, but their environment and living habits made them slowly evolve into creatures that valued running speed over flying, thus, the wings slowly became obsolete and the legs became more powerful. Maybe way into the future, emus and ostriches won't have wings at all.

 

[snow patrol]

Because otherwise men in chicken suits would have nowhere to put their arms??

 

[Yeeny]

AMD Junkie: Does that mean in a few years, my husband will mutate and lose his legs? I am just wondering, because as much as he sits on the couch in front of the tv, he is not using them.... :Q

 

[Pretender]

Why does paulson have a girlfriend?


Sorry, I couldn't resist the urge to say it.

 

[snow patrol]

lmao, that's pretty funny Paulson

 

[hubbs]

Paulson you obviously aren't up on the rules of bedroom golf.

#1 Try to get the club in and keep the balls out.

 

[AMDJunkie]

Not necessarily, since he nneds legs to go to the fridge, but his eyes might grow a couple of inches in diameter.

 

[Underclocked]

To answer the original question: so they will not need parachutes.

 

[yakko]

<< And maybe they have wings to beat off the roosters >>



Damn I wish I was a rooster because I heard GirlFriday was a chicken.



hubbs,

LMAO
Bedroom golf.