Bret Weinstein
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Appearances Over Time
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The bird story is getting ever clearer.
We've got good bird fossils in a way that we didn't when you and I were young.
But in the case of a bat, I would say the way to think of it is this.
Have you seen flying squirrels?
I have actually twice seen it.
The funny thing is they're not uncommon, but they are very uncommon to see.
And the reason they are uncommon to see is that they're nocturnal and they are so damn silent.
So the two times I've seen it was when they got into an argument with each other.
Okay, and they started chattering and I was like, huh, what is this?
And okay, lo and behold, it's flying squirrels and they're moving through a patch of forest and it's the most amazing thing, right?
These things, technically they're not flying, they're purely gliding.
I would argue that that's actually not a really good distinction because at some level what they're doing is powering flight by climbing trees.