and they use their ears as stabilizers

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In article <467300194wnr@desco.demon.co.uk> Elaine Morgan,
Elaine@desco.demon.co.uk writes:

>If they dived into water from a few hundred feet up as proboscis
>monkeys do they would need a bit more protection. And the proboscis has
>got it.

A few hundred feet, eh? This behavior would be very strongly selected
against.

Alex Duncan
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1086
512-471-4206
aduncan@mail.utexas.edu

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