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flight: Why waste energy beating your wings when you could take it
easy?. . . Some researchers suggest that M. gui's leg feathers weren’t
useful for flight at all. 215
To sum up briefly the scientific facts regarding these objections:
A)Birds’ pelvic bones refute the hypothesis that Microraptor gui
glided in the air.
Evolutionists link this creature to the alleged evolution of flight
because of the apparent feathers on its front and back legs. Some evolu-
tionists suggest that this was a creature that lived in the trees and that
glided from branch to branch by spreading its front and rear legs. In
reconstructions published in the media, Microraptor gui appears with its
rear legs spread open parallel to the ground. But in fact, it is impossible
for birds to open their legs out 180 degrees to the side, because of the
structure of their pelvic bones, For example, if you buy a chicken from
the supermarket and open its legs out to the side, the hip bones will
break.