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Pterosaurs thus had hollow, lightweight wing bones similar to those of birds. Those bones also needed to be strong, though, to support the load of the tough, leathery wing membranes.

Kakapos are large, flightless parrots native to New Zealand. These birds can’t fly because they have short wings and lack a keel on their breastbone, where other birds have their flight muscles.

These are not unlike those found in the wing bones of modern birds that flap their wings to fly, Rosenbach said.