He could have stayed atop the coconut by log rolling.

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
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On 11/20/2009 2:09 PM David Beierl wrote:

> At 04:45 PM 11/20/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> So if a bird, rather than a tropical seed, was found far from home
>> with husk on its claws, then the obvious, equally silly idea, is that
>> the swallow floated ashore on a coconut.
>
> No, no, no, it couldn't have survived all that time floating on a
> coconut, which you will recall has no stability whatsoever when floating
> as well as extremely limited supplies of food and fresh water.
> Obviously it would have had to fly with the coconut which could be
> instantly told by the damage to the wing primary feathers due to
> prolonged supersonic operation.  You must have been hanging about with
> the man from the Ministry of Housinge to get such a silly idea.
>
> ;-)
> d
>