Monday, August 1, 2011

Vestigial Structures-ostriches

A Vestigial Structure is an organ that was once useful in the animal’s evolutionary past, but now has no apparent function now. The ostrich has no use of its wings, so it has adapted to a mode of life that depends on running to escape predators. It has evolved a cloven hoof consisting of only two toes, similar to that of the other animals that share its plain's existence.

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