Lurv me pterosaursSimple as
>>5074344Why is being so uncooperative, why cant it just walk?
>>5074362>Am I being detained?
>>5074336Omg I was just thinking about them before you posted this! They're cool as hell but seem like they would be terrifying to encounter in real life. Large eagles and hawks can be kind of scary now imagine a flying animal as tall as a giraffe with a huge head and a beak longer than your entire body. Not to mention that even if they wouldn't eat humans they could still easily kill you or severely injure you.
I want to be swallowed whole by one of these fuckers
>>5074428well that's gotta be a new fetish
>>5074422They were not able to fly
>>5074431Really? Well that's a new one. That means they're more similar to ostriches than hawks.
>>5074430I wish I was a fish. imagine being swallowed by a pterosaur
>>5074430vore's been around for ages dude
>>5074432That anon is wrong btw. They were able to fly
I know a lot of pterosaurs were the size of housecats, but there's something extra fascinating about the giant flyers. No vore shit, please.
>>5074473:(
>>5074344This video shows how big these things were more than any image i have ever seen
>>5074336I still struggle to imagine how they could flyNot a denier or anything, but even when I see it animated in documentaries it always feels off
>>5074569especially with a belly full of fish
Behead pterosaurs. Smack pterosaurs with Nyoi-bo. Crush pterosaurs at martial arts tournaments.
must have been "terrifying" to be a small dino back when pterosaurs still roamed
I havent seen any evidence for azhdarchids being able to swallow man-sized objects
For me it's the tapejara
>>5074336I refuse to believe that frame could support the weight of its head, much less fly.
>>5074587Even if they couldn't swallow you whole like a pelican eating a fish, they would still be terrifying opponents. Don't jab ya thumb up his butthole!
>>5074587shut
>>5074569If they are anything like modern birds, the skull would be a lot lighter than you think because of hollow bones.But then wouldnt the rest of the frame be weak as well?
>>5074569The secret to giant pterosaurs flight was the quadruped launch. Birds are limited by how heavy they can be to jump with their rear legs, which are dead weight in flight, but pterosaurs can use their flight muscles to do most of the work of launching, which allows them to have far more mass dedicated to flight muscles and therefore greater overall size.
>>5074761also interesting is that it allowed them to launch themselves not just from land but also in water
>>5074344>monster hunter irl
>>5074665weak is relative, its like saying trex had weak arms when it could curl a 60lb dumbbells or something
>>5074569It also looks extremely top-heavyEven if its bones and beak were hollow it looks like it would topple over in the front, there's no counter-weight in the back
>>5075350theyre not top heavy at all, youre being trick by thinking big=heavy, the weight is centered in their torso/shoulders
Step aside, lizardfags, the real best flyers are coming through.
>>5074640looks like this thing but giant
>>5074428Dude same
>>5078267Is it true one of these things are a small child once?
>>5074371Kek thought the same
>>5076408What even is that? Archeopteryx?I wish we still had pterosaurs
>>5074344I want to get eaten by a hatzegopteryx
>>5078354Yes. In fact, every animal is. Even YOU were a small child once.
>>5079027I would not want to be eaten by anything because that means I'd die.
>>5079220A small sacrifice I am willing to pay
>>5074336>>5074344This is the kind of shit that makes dinosaur-denying retards feel vindicated. Like, it's such a ridiculous and bizarre design that it's almost unbelievable to have existed at all. But weirdly enough it not only did exist, but it also flew, some-fucking-how
>>5079378The presentation is weird but it's not that far off from a Pelican in dimensions.
>>5074569Because there's been nothing like it since.
>>5079378Absolute kino. I'm sad I never got to see one. I hope we can create pseudo-pteros though genetic engineering that look 95% similar
>>5074431>>5074432>>5074455I do wonder how the hell did they manage to fly with that humongous head. Dude looks unbalanced as hell, the body seems to be way too small in comparison.Compare it to a bat or a pelican for example, they look more proportionate and balanced
>>5074577Gutslut type post
>>5079757There are also some strange stable plane designs that can fly anyway so I'm not sure if this is a good comparison.
>>5074336The world is so cruel to have taken them from us
>>5080537Eh, close enough. Plus, these ones can't eat you.
>>5079757the body is heavier...are you retarded, do you have brain damage
>>5080576forgot my pic
>>5074569You can believe (and see) that 747 jets somehow take off and fly yet you can't believe that thing flew? Come on now.
>>5074569behold:proof that a hatz couldn't fly (according to this anon)
>>5080751>>5080767An animal the size of a giraffe leaping and getting airborne is weird to imagine, yes
>>5081026Maybe they had to dive off cliffs to get a head start on flying. That would take less propulsion than taking off the ground.Hell, maybe they didn't fly at all. They'd still be dangerous predators.
>>5080767I highly doubt that plane is nose heavy. All the engine and fuel weight is in the back.
tasty bug
>>5074617I can't believe a croc used its cock to pierce his heart
>>5081329Why wont he share
>>5081566Survival of the bug-eatiest
>>5074336Hopefully
>>5081254well neither are pterosaurs
https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2018/05/why-we-think-giant-pterosaurs-could-fly.htmlHere to drop truth
Imagine you're trying to eat a fern or something, and this giant flying murder lizard swoops down and gobbles you up with you having no chance of escape. Fukken brutal.
>>5081807Chad pterosaur vs the virgin whothefuckcaresosaur
>>5081783But whoever posted the image was dumb enough to name it front heavy.Why post the image at all? It doesn't fly like a pterosaur, it doesn't have the same weight distribution. It's nothing alike.
>>5081990it clearly says "nose heavy" not "front heavy"
>>5074569To me the most convincing explanation is that the atmosphere was much denser back then.https://www.dinosaurtheory.com/flight_animals.htmlhttps://www.dinosaurtheory.com/flight.html
>>5080767Beyond 2000 ass plane.
>>5082433>>5082296>>5081990>>5081254You have now remembered the existence of the humble bittern
>>5082748Trvke
>>5082748He may look humble, but I've seen these guys catch and gobble up huge fish.
>>5082748Tbf they tuck their necks in when they fly
>>5082748Okay but that bird's head is maybe 10-20% of the body's size.The pterosaur's head is like 70-90% of it's body's size.Not saying they are the same mass, but I dont think your example matches.
>flies>kills trex>kills its own juveniles>wins in every scenario>ugly as sin>a flying trapezi hate that nigger so much it's unreal
>>5074428Awww mannn whyd you have to put that in my head.
>>5083652based schizobird
Do you guys like terror birds?
>>5084379That's a chocobo
>>5074494Yeah same. Lime intellectually I know they’re eff-off huge, but seeing a person interacting with the life sized model makes it look even bigger than i ever imagined.
