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Baby pterodactyls could fly from birth
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| June 12, 2019
| University of Leicester
Posted on 06/14/2019 8:58:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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posted on
06/14/2019 9:56:50 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
Bezerkely’s Modern Lovers Live!
“Another fundamental difference between baby pterodactyls, also known as flaplings, and baby birds or bats, is that they had no parental care and had to feed and look after themselves from birth. Their ability to fly gave them a lifesaving survival mechanism which they used to evade carnivorous dinosaurs. This ability also proved to be one of their biggest killers, as the demanding and dangerous process of flight led to many of them dying at a very early age.”
I love how they present speculation as established fact.
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posted on
06/14/2019 9:56:54 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: Red Badger
That first pic was not necessary.
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posted on
06/14/2019 9:57:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ETL
Mon Dieu... C’est Fantastique!!!!
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posted on
06/14/2019 9:58:05 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: dfwgator
That was to slow down the heartbeats............
45
posted on
06/14/2019 9:58:25 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Dear god... those two NEVER belong on the same page ANYWHERE...
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posted on
06/14/2019 9:59:37 AM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: SunkenCiv
Could they fly from berth from birth?
To: bankwalker
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:02:06 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: ifinnegan
49
posted on
06/14/2019 10:03:15 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Red Badger
Did pteros have bat wings? That flapping critter has bat wings. Just sayin’.
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:03:56 AM PDT
by
Tucker39
("It ishttps://y impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
To: Tucker39
Yes, apparently they had skin stretched from legs to hands.............
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:05:43 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: SunkenCiv
Could they perch from birth?
Could they fly from their berth from birth and perch on a perch?
(I have to know).
To: csvset
I have wondered that some Pterodactyls actually did survive to near modern times, to when humans could have seen them, an developed the ‘dragon’ myths............
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:08:09 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: SunkenCiv; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
Wait! Is that a blue pterodactyl on Newman's pillow?!?
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:17:40 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
To: NFHale
“Nobody wears an animal-hide bikini like Racquel...
NOBODY!!!!
Good lord-a-mighty... (Ok.. I’m all right now...whew)...”
I was briefly face to face with her once. She really was beautiful. I was pretty young. I hate to think what kind of goofy look I must have had on my face.
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:27:31 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
To: SunkenCiv
Of course they know that for sure, they have seen them.
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:32:31 AM PDT
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GingisK
To: Gamecock
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posted on
06/14/2019 10:33:10 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: gundog
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posted on
06/14/2019 11:23:52 AM PDT
by
ETL
(REAL Russia collusion! Newly updated FR Page w/ Table of Contents! Click ETL)
To: SunkenCiv
Hmm, well they might have had the ability to glide from birth, but certainly not the ability to fly, since even grown pterosaurs didn’t have that ability.
Also, pterosaurs did not have the ability to take off from the ground, but could only conceivably have been able to glide if they launched themselves from some significant height, if the atmospheric conditions back then were the same as they are today.
Personally I think it is likely that atmospheric pressure during the days of the dinosaurs was much greater than it is today, as that would handily solve a lot of issues not just with pterosaurs but with many other dinosaurs and ancient megafauna as well.
To: Gamecock
I always check out Newman’s decor. The crock pot in the living room is a favorite. Doesn’t he have a “Butter” poster, as well?
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posted on
06/14/2019 12:33:10 PM PDT
by
gundog
( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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