bivalve wrote:
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> There was a walrus skeleton in the hallway of the building from which I sent my previous message. I am quite aware that pinnipeds have two hind limbs. My point was that, in many, they do not function independently. The examples I gave were of functional tripods; in all cases the actual number of limbs was four.
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> A variety of Ediacaran animals, notably Tribrachidium, as well as some nematodes, show triradial symmetry but do not use legs for moving around. Unipedal motion is reasonably common among invertebrates, along with many having more than four legs.
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> Dr. David Campbell
> "Old Seashells"
[Hammond]
It would be very easy for Detroit to start manufacturing
3-wheeled cars.. in fact cheaper than 4-wheeled cars.
So, we are left with the question of why 99.9999% of cars
have 4-wheels, not 3? This is the same question as why
99.9999% of animals have (a minimum) of 4-legs and not 3?
The answer is the same in both cases, and obviously has
nothing to do with Natural Selection or Darwin. It has to
do with the intrinsic "square" metrical property of space
itself:
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/Rie-Helm-Weyl.html
BTB, if you happen to run into any brilliant scientists
who might be capable of discussing the above URL in your
foreign travels, please ask them to perhaps venture to post
to ASA concerning it.
George Hammond,
"General Motors"
-- Be sure to visit my website below, and please ask your news service provider to add alt.sci.proof-of-god ----------------------------------------------------------- George Hammond, M.S. Physics Email: ghammond@mediaone.net Website: http://people.ne.mediaone.net/ghammond/index.html -----------------------------------------------------------
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