# Evolution Question **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 1999, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430 "1999-09-04T03:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bbbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bbbbb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbbbb)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/1 "1999-09-04T03:23:00Z")
did people who own winter homes in warm places evolve closer to birds? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/2 "1999-09-04T04:38:00Z")
Why a duck? ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/3 "1999-09-04T05:00:00Z")
The people kept their homes warm with hot ducks running through the house. ---
**Author:** ![Bluepony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Bluepony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bluepony)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/4 "1999-09-04T05:16:00Z")
Why do ducks have flat feet? –To stamp out cigarette butts Why do elephants have flat feet? –To stamp out flaming ducks (as long as we’re getting philosophic over here) * * * “…send lawyers, guns, and money…” ``` Warren Zevon ``` ---
**Author:** ![bbbbb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bbbbb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbbbb)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/5 "1999-09-04T05:47:00Z")
did people who own winter homes in warm places evolve FROM birds? ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/6 "1999-09-04T07:41:00Z")
If you’re cold, you can stand over migrate. Ray ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/7 "1999-09-04T07:42:00Z")
That probably should’ve been: If your tale is told,. . . Ray ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/8 "1999-09-04T10:57:00Z")
Canadian geese: they really are Floridians. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/9 "1999-09-04T11:29:00Z")
## I wasn’t sure if there was anything worthwhile in this question, so I gave it a chance. My doubts have been confirmed. MPSIMS incoming. Nickrz GQ Mod ---
**Author:** ![BenDover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@BenDover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenDover)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 1999, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-question/7430/10 "1999-09-04T23:00:00Z")
It is a little known fact that Dodo birds did not actually become extinct. Instead, the lonely sailors who discovered them had intercourse with them and produced Dodo/human hybrids. These hybrids eventually evolved into pseudohumans who have an instinctual urge to move to Florida in their old age. That is why these people are called ‘snowbirds’ in Florida.