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Feb 15, 2018 9:52 AM
Saintyoungman
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Trinitii83
Not creepy at all!
Hotpress
Nope would defo jump a cliff befor being eaten by that thing
BDBones
Quetzel?
dickbuttmademedoit
Looks like it can swallow him without problems
Flexster74
Unsure of size. Could be extremely short dude. Need banana for scale.
Sauroctonus
It's about the size of a small giraffe.
shoe47
Not as big as your mom when we pushed her off a bridge.
Morenn
This one have to be just a chic. I don't know how you would fit a platform on that.
DestroPrime82
glad to see a real world size comparison, pictures just dont quite tell the whole story.
SoDoneWithYourShite
Honk honk honk
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
@theitinerantnaturalist
theitinerantnaturalist
Sigh...time to correct people again
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Yep. Plenty to do here.
themuttonisniceandlean
Everything is bigger in Texas.
Bonchoman
When "going to the park to feed the birds" had a different meaning.
Dollypartonbarbiedoll
notblubber
You'd go broke buying bird seed for that thing.
AspartameDaddy
Yyyyeah... I don't think it eats seed bro.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
*flesh
Feronin
You would be the bird seed.
WurstWaterr
That thing could actually fly? Not a flightless bird (like penguins/dodos) or something? Holy shit, that's terryfing and awesome.
Lsai
It's a mosquito from Texas or Louisiana!
Realborisboef
When you realise where the eyes are
overcookedchickennugget
It's not confirmed yet, but some research showed that upon arriving near their nest, they would slow down, touch the ground, 1/2
overcookedchickennugget
open the door, get on the floor, everybody walk the dinosaur. 2/2
AspartameDaddy
Goddamnit. Haven't gotten me with that one in many years.
ClaymoreDog
You son of a bitch.
overcookedchickennugget
I'm not even sorry :)
AndrewBuggy
Hatzegopteryx was bigger http://valentint.blog.bg/zabavlenie/2016/01/09/largest-prehistoric-animals-ch-5-pterosaurs-giants-of-the-sk.1421231
theitinerantnaturalist
About the same size. Hatzegopteryx was a lot more terrifying, though. Killed big game
CyBercrook
The best part of that is the first graphic somehow knows that the human is gay.
YourLittleBuddy
No WAY that body supports that head.
theitinerantnaturalist
The head is much lighter than it looks.
theitinerantnaturalist
Think of a toucan.
JasmineWindsong
Wow. It’s beautiful. I would’ve loved to see one of those in real life.
InnerCthulhuVoice
Apparently scientists think they could gallop like a horse and that was their fav way of catching prey.
theitinerantnaturalist
Yeah. Not clumsy on the ground.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Big fucking stork basically.
InnerCthulhuVoice
https://imgur.com/BNskzHQ
InnerCthulhuVoice
terrifying carnivorous 500 pound stork
Zenith1440
I'm freaking out. As I was reading the title, David Attenborough literally said the same words on my tv
Plemeno
How does it not just topple over with a head that big?
HerpestonMcDerping
Becasue it's a fake.
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Narrow and very light. The beak structure is hollow like a toucans.
theitinerantnaturalist
Head isn’t that heavy. All the organs in the torso make that the centre of balance
ZimGenzko
Light bones, strong muscles.
Sauroctonus
Yeah, most of the muscles are in those arms and neck.
twfeline
Head is full of air. Just like yours.
MerlinSacrebleu
my thougths exactly, it looks so unbalanced it's making me uneasy
WoTLert
1) Head is very narrow, 2) Bones are hollow and very light, 3) animal is meant to be in flight, is incredibly clumsy and ungainly on land.
theitinerantnaturalist
The animal is NOT clumsy on land. Azhdarchid pterosaurs did everything except travelling on foot.
WoTLert
Right. Put one of these into an obstacle course against a velociraptor or deinonychus and see who's not clumsy. It's all relative.
theitinerantnaturalist
Azhdarchids were actually competent on foot by the standards of any animal, not just by pterosaur standards.
WoTLert
You're going to need a LOT of actual proof to convince me that such an unbalanced animal with such short hind legs, flappy wing skin, 1/?
mirrors
"How big would a bird have to be for you to be, like, super-scared of it?"
peachesforme
aside from that joke watch the gif of a blue heron eating a rabbit. they are about 3ft tall. so they take down things above their weight 1/
peachesforme
and a 1/3 their height. so all it would take is like a 15ish foot talk heron and you are foot. so basically same size at thing in pic 2/
mirrors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WX8EuvAGeQ
NoMoneyNoHappiness
If Ark survival evolved has taught me anything, build a platform on its back and transport iron back to your base
BruceWillisFromTheFifthElement
Don't forget to have a dummy account logged out sitting in a chair riding on it's back. #UnlimitedCarryWeight (did they patch that...?)
BDBones
Fuck yes let's be friends
SilusCrow
Transport your base to the iron :D
CyBercrook
can't put an industrial forge on it
PieSpie
wait you can't?
CyBercrook
regular forge yes but not the industrial.
Tarlon
We should just pump the atmosphere with oxygen so animals can get that large again. THEN we can have Jurassic Park.
theitinerantnaturalist
We had LESS oxygen in the Mesozoic. We would need to REMOVE oxygen to simulate Mesozoic conditions.
Sauroctonus
The oxygen levels weren't THAT different in the Mesozoic. Far earlier was the Carboniferous, when high oxygen levels allowed insects >
Sauroctonus
< to grow massive.
theitinerantnaturalist
In fact it’s considered nowadays that the Mesozoic had less oxygen.
Tarlon
Huh. So what caused everything to Diploducus and Argentinosaurus to Tyrannosaurus and Gigantosaurus to grow that size?
theitinerantnaturalist
Laying eggs helped
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
Atmospheric oxygen content means precisely jack shit in terms of how big dinosaurs/pterosaurs got. That only effected terrestrial arthropods
TheMajesticHarpyEagle
in the carboniferous, and as far as we know, oxygen content was probably less during the Mesozoic.
dec9675
I have 2 of them one is called pretzel and the other is muffin I should add that I'm talking about a game called ark survival evolved
CarpathionWargasm
We went with Pretzel also, bc my buddy can't pronounce Quetzel
SnorkeldinkCameltoe
Ark has really increased my knowledge of dinosaurs lol
raosion
No you shouldn't add that. The less context the better. Let everyone be confused.
StonesOnTheHill
I got mine from a tribe mate. It's called Retard Bird-Cuck, and since he refuses to disclaim it, I can't rename it.
GorgeousGen
Such a bitch to catch.
Tomatopastehater
Always such a relief when they get stuck in between rocks haha
StonesOnTheHill
Fun to learn that the supposedly "right" way to catch it is by using the quetzal you've already got.
Klingon00
Mine is named ol’ Piss Flaps.
dec9675
Tis a grand name my good sir or madam may I ask if you have any other tames?
Klingon00
Got a couple of argentavis, Orange one named Cheez-it and another named Mac. Had triplets named “Mac n Cheese’, ‘Chili Mac’ and ‘Alfredo’.
dec9675
My argo is called silver which also happens to be the colour silver I'm not very original
cormack7718
What kind of server do you all play on, I find vanilla too grindy
supafly666
From what i read, it spent alot of it's time on land and only flew away when it was in danger
theitinerantnaturalist
Actually, considering that this animal stood taller than T. rex, flight would be a way for it to travel to another area mostly.
Sauroctonus
Yeah, these things could feed on smaller dinosaurs like herons feed on frongs.
Sauroctonus
*frogs
theitinerantnaturalist
Yep.
Guineafowl
Technically not a dinosaur, the tag is a lie. It’s called the quetzalcoatlus.
PwnageHobo
Bitches don't know their taxonomy these days.
BrisbaneHorrorGal
Taxidermy
ilovecars
bronypokey6918
Is it a dragon?
HideousMonkeyCrap
Closest thing to one
Famoustoupeesfor200
Yup! It must have a special ankle bone for it to be a dinosaur!
IamNotANihilist
You’ve won the argument, but you’ve lost a friend -some important person in history
vitaminalgas
notnowimpooping
Pretty sure it went something like, "quez... quit... qwa.. ah shit, dinosaur!
secretbison
We know, nothing's a dinosaur, there's no such thing as dinosaurs, go sit alone at a party somewhere.
weneedmorequestions
Sauroctonus
It's literally not a dinosaur. Archosaur, yes, dinosaur, no.
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Sauroctonus
Ket-zal-co-ah-tlus.
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robliodan
Seriously, pterosaurs deserve to be recognized as the awesome animals they are/were, WITHOUT being mistakenly labeled as dinosaurs.
valvarsson
No thats just some guy
BameGoycolor
Nerd
MapedMod
biggulpshuhwhelpseeya
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rophiandis
*parties
InsufferablePedant
*You're
deadpoolsdong
SheTurnedMeIntoANewtButIGotBetter
Oo ya waaling waaling wey tayil. - quetzalcoatl, probably.
KyleButNotThatKyle
But I don't know how to pronounce that.
bully3510
I believe it's kwet-zo-cot-al-us, roughly
rophiandis
Ket-zel-co-ot-lis
zephyrbell
Kwet-zel-co-atlus. Watch the BBC documentary about them.
Jrook
pretzel coitus
Skulties1
Pterosaur
K4R45U
Ride one in ARK:SE
jeremiahharpe2000
Indeed
Raithryn
Yes.
K4R45U
Gives you a nice sense of scale in first person
inzane
I don't care, this thing scares me more than any dinosaur.
unicornscience
LittleLumberjack
If we can call bird's dinosaurs, why can't we call a querzalcoatlus a dino. From whom did they evolved.
robliodan
Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs come from different Archosaur "branches", just like crocodilians come from yet another.
TheArkhamAsylumAccountsPayableClerk
Giganotosaurus
CORRECT
13thMortamer
Nice name too bad almost everyone mispronouces it. D:
SavageTacoSupremeOverlord
But you're a dinosaur, giganotosaurus.
tehPhreakmang
A dinosaur is an authority in what is and isn't a dinosaur I think, I dunno I'm not a rocket surgeon. I did however just narfle the garthok.
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robliodan
Or a Spinosaurus, regarding swimming.
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robliodan
Current paleontological knowledge suggests the might have had to. Their short hindlimbs and lanky body might not have been ideal for land.
CyclesPerSecond
Wait, but its a pterosaur. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetzalcoatlus?wprov=sfla1. Please enlighten
CyclesPerSecond
Ooh. Saury
Guineafowl
Pterosaurs aren’t dinosaurs, so it still holds
KrytenKoro
Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs.
AxelBeingCivil
Pterosaurs aren't dinosaurs. They're archosaurs, and closer to dinosaurs than crocodiles, but they're a distinct and separate clade.
zephyrbell
Pteras aren't dinosaurs either my friend.
IWasToldThereWasCake
Fun fact: Scientific name: Mexican feathered god (Quetzalcoatlus)
CustardBattery
And the mexicans mistook the spanish for quetzalqoatlus and then they all died of diseases. History is fun.
rabiesraeven
I'd pray to it.
djpj
Reptile!
Skulties1
Or pterosaur
AwkwardKeming
Both, actually.
Skulties1
Why I typed "or" actually.
AxelBeingCivil
Archosaur!
Meduza
^^ Super fun at parties
snazzbasket
I like them
ColoradoSky
I only know this from playing ark
LokiKingOfJotunheim
You are correct. It's an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous.
fistermatic5000
What makes it different? The wings? It's the wings isn't it? I fucking knew it...
ericdidit
I learned this this from watching the Dinosaur train on PBS
TerryFoldFlaps
Also a lie that it's the largest flying animal, as it possibly couldn't even fly. It's disputed on both sides but neither is conclusive.
robliodan
I believe the evidence is strong that they COULD fly, and really well, too.
TerryFoldFlaps
Can you show me that evidence? All I've seen is speculation on each side. Physics strongly points to it not being able to fly.
robliodan
I posted links to another comment; I recommend looking up Mark Witton's work on the subject, in blog posts, papers, and print.
robliodan
https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B00CZ85O88&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_eLGLAbVF0KP28
notacobra
Pronounced: kwet-zel-coe-at-luhs
hunnycat
thanks!
TielKiri
I don't think there's a w sound right there. I think of it as khetzel-kw-ottle-us
Nordalin
You bend the "U"-sound into the "E", making it kinda sound like a stretched out "W".
notacobra
The true sound is with a rolling Y or J, "kjeht" but some languages have difficulty with that phenome, w is easier.
LucianKane
I would like to see this thing COMPLETELY covered in feathers, like a swan, or a goose.
lCommentInMostlyGIFFormat
Probably some giant feathers
robliodan
Pterosaurs weren't feathered, but they did have hairlike filaments across their bodies.
sockerbeta
Yes why isn't it? Had this model been tested for flight capability? How would feathers compare? Nature isn't dumb and feathers did exist...
theitinerantnaturalist
Pterosaurs has things called pycnofibers for insulation instead.
sockerbeta
The more I read the less probability for feathers. Suggestions on flying altitude seems bonkers though. 10000+ft for a cold blooded creature
sockerbeta
That's almost 40°F less than on the ground (or -20°C)
Sauroctonus
Pterosaurs didn't have feathers, but they did have fibres similar to basic feathers called pycnofibers. So they were partially fluffy.
theitinerantnaturalist
Pterosaurs actually did have feather-like insulation. Also, they were endothermic.