On a remote island near the Antarctic, the smallest bird can fly in the world in isolation from all life-threatening hazards, making it "forget" how to fly.
Scientists found a dramatic revelation, when they confirmed that the birds' ancestors had lost their ability to fly through the ages, because they did not have to escape anything when they lived on the abandoned "Inexible" islands south of the Atlantic Ocean.
Less than 100 years ago, scientists believed that the bird was walking on its feet, calling it "Atlantis", but they could not find a permanent use of its feet instead of its wings, according to the Daily Mail.
The endangered bird was a worthy subject for researchers at the Swedish University of Lund. Four scientists said the ancestors of Atlantis flew from South America to these islands 1.5 million years ago.
The birds were inaccessible, or inaccessible island, south of the Atlantic Ocean.
But as these islands remained quiet for hundreds of consecutive years, the birds lost their ability to fly slowly, until they could only walk.
The theory of use and neglect has been widely used by geneticists, and many believe it is widely valid.
The theory is based on the idea that the organs of the body that are used are much stronger and larger, while the members that do not use, the wings in this case, gradually weaken and sometimes disappear.
