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Quetzalcoatlus Northropiwas a HUGE flying creature
May 18, 2019, 11:44 AM
Pipe SmokerQuetzalcoatlus Northropiwas a HUGE flying creature
Google “Quetzalcoatlus Northropi”, then click “Images”. It would’ve liked people for between meal snacks.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus
Serious about crackers. May 18, 2019, 11:54 AM
gearhoundsResearchers believe that the body plan suggests a predator that ate small prey items, much the same way modern Marabou storks do. Still, at 500 or so pounds, it would not be fun to bump into in tall grass...
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Hound DogA 500 lb bird?
No, thanks.
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
May 18, 2019, 12:55 PM
12131
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May 18, 2019, 12:58 PM
Hound DogCarnivorous giraffes.
With the power of flight.
Yeah. Terrifying. Thank God they are extinct.
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May 18, 2019, 12:58 PM
darthfusterWe're gonna need a bigger shotgun.
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RichardCJurassic Spruce Goose
May 18, 2019, 01:40 PM
MattWMany always assumed it was the sun that led to Fred Flintstone outfitting his car with a leather roof, that’s false.
May 18, 2019, 01:48 PM
Dakorquote:
Originally posted by 12131:
Artist's impression of a group of Quetzalcoatlus feeding on the ground.
The artist may have taken too much liberty with the one "Quet Bird" eating what appears to be a Brontosuarus. Those things would have squished the puny 500 lb pre-bird into the ground given an adult Brontosaurus weighed around 30,000 lbs!
Hatched, I suspect even Bronto babies were decent in size.
May 18, 2019, 01:55 PM
mr kablammoquote:
Originally posted by Hound Dog:
Carnivorous giraffes.
With the power of flight.
Yeah. Terrifying. Thank God they are extinct.
Hmmmm, you haven't felt any tremors near your home?
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May 18, 2019, 01:58 PM
MicropterusI think that's what crapped on my truck this morning.
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May 18, 2019, 02:58 PM
Hound Dogquote:
Originally posted by Dakor:
The artist may have taken too much liberty with the one "Quet Bird" eating what appears to be a Brontosuarus. Those things would have squished the puny 500 lb pre-bird into the ground given an adult Brontosaurus weighed around 30,000 lbs!
Hatched, I suspect even Bronto babies were decent in size.
There are sauropods of varying size, and it's not really possible to determine that infant's species.
Even if it were an Apatosaur or Brontosaur, their eggs were surprisingly small; something like football or basketball size, IIRC.
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir Jacky Fisher
May 18, 2019, 03:19 PM
egregoreI think its descendant still exists - the cassowary.
They can fuck a man up, mainly with their claws. We had a discussion about this a couple of weeks ago.
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Pipe SmokerThe data in the Wikipedia article suggests that the size of these critters in the google images is somewhat exaggerated. Still damned big though.
Serious about crackers. May 18, 2019, 03:35 PM
gearhoundsquote:
The artist may have taken too much liberty with the one "Quet Bird" eating what appears to be a Brontosuarus. Those things would have squished the puny 500 lb pre-bird into the ground given an adult Brontosaurus weighed around 30,000 lbs! Hatched, I suspect even Bronto babies were decent in size.
Even the largest sauropods were hatched from eggs around the size of a basketball, making the babies even smaller. The artists rendering is not necessarily out of the question, although they are thought to grow very rapidly.
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