Now, the white-throated rail could fly at first, but it evolved to become flightless. And of course, its subspecies, the Aldabra rail bird, can’t fly either. It’s believed that once the former settled on the island, its biological makeup changed over time. For you see, the Aldabra Atoll didn’t house any predatory animals that would attack them. So they had no need to glide away.
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