Ratites have spread to Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and South America. And there are fossils of Ratites in Europe, Asia, and North America too. That’s a lot of ground to cover for birds that can’t fly. So how did Ratites end up all over the world?
Thanks to Ceri Thomas for the Lithornithid reconstruction.
Check out more of Ceri's paleoart at
http://alphynix.tumblr.com and
http://nixillustration.com
Thanks as always to Nobu Tamura for allowing us to use his wonderful paleoart:
http://spinops.blogspot.com
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