Flightless Birds

question 56

Multiple Choice

Flightless birds

• A)have evolved mostly on islands without predators.
• B)include the ratite or paleognathous birds.
• C)have appeared independently in many different groups of birds.
• D)tend to become large.
• E)All of the choices are correct

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