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Vestigial organs are those which resemble organs in other species but which are too small to be functionally useful.  Examples include rear legs in some snakes and whales<ref>[http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/PDF/3.%20Whale%20Skeleton%20Activity.pdf]</ref>, the appendix in humans and wings in flightless birds such as ostriches or kiwi.
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Vestigial organs are those which resemble organs in other species but which are too small to be functionally useful.  Examples include rear legs in some snakes and whales<ref>[http://www2.ucsc.edu/seymourcenter/PDF/3.%20Whale%20Skeleton%20Activity.pdf Diagram of blue whale skeleton, showing "leg" bones]</ref>, the appendix in humans and wings in flightless birds such as ostriches or kiwi.
    
Visitigial organs are claimed to be strong evidence in favor of evolution - ostriches, for instance, would be claimed to have evolved from a flying ancestor which no longer needed to fly, and so in subsequent generations the wings shrunk until they were no longer capable of flight.
 
Visitigial organs are claimed to be strong evidence in favor of evolution - ostriches, for instance, would be claimed to have evolved from a flying ancestor which no longer needed to fly, and so in subsequent generations the wings shrunk until they were no longer capable of flight.
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