Quote Originally Posted by Riot Maker View Post
@Moonshine, Wing stubs to me means more body weight. More body weight would be a huge disadvantage Ie, slower,couldn't hide as easy.

This notion of "wing stubs" is where you're tripping up. Are you visualizing some kind of two-limbed animal gradually developing two new limbs? Like most of us, winged creatures developed from four-limbed creatures--wings are specialized arms, which are specialized legs, which are specialized fins, and on and on and on. Barring a serious accident, wing stubs never come into it.