(December 30, 2017 at 7:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(December 30, 2017 at 2:46 am)Haipule Wrote: Hawai'i, island of Kure, starting where the other islands have, and are now forming, is at best, according to science, 28M years old. The rest of the islands are much newer. One, the island of Hawai'i, isn't done yet and one, Lo'ihi, at least, will make it's appearance at some later date.
Yet, some of you have given me a evolutionary time scale and process. Did you ask Hawai'i if you are right?
You say reptiles preceded birds. In Hawai'i, there are fossils of extinct pre-man birds but never a pre-man reptile? No dinosaurs! No land mammals! None! Nothing here fits your timeline or hypothesis!
Hawai'i is conveniently located in the middle of absolutely nowhere! Obviously, these unique Hawaiian birds did not have time to "evolve" here or, anywhere else, as they are/were only here! Obviously then, nor did they fly here!
So, 'splain me why they, the indigenous only to Hawai'i birds, with out time for a possible nothing to evolutionary existence process, and way too far to fly, are/were here--only here! I am asking you as I have no clue!
Where did you get the notion that birds can't fly to Hawaii from other land masses? Have a wee google at 'long distance migration'.
Why, oh WHY don't dimwits who question evolution do a bit of research first?
Boru
Well, seagulls don't fly between land masses.
Oh wait, they do.
Well, albatross don't.
Oh wait, they do.
I could go on...
Even birds with shorter endurance can make the trip. Birds have been seen riding debris rafts. Good spot for them where there's little else to take a break.
