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To: VadeRetro
Now they claim, "Prominent muscle attachment sites on the arm, shoulder and chest bones show that pterosaurs were active 'flappers.'"

The flapping must have stirred up quite a wind, as the wingspan of some large species, such as the pterodactyl, could reach 36 to 39 feet.

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10 posted on 10/16/2003 8:50:29 AM PDT by xJones
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To: xJones
Now they claim, "Prominent muscle attachment sites on the arm, shoulder and chest bones show that pterosaurs were active 'flappers.'"

I can see that.


20 posted on 10/16/2003 9:11:14 AM PDT by StriperSniper (All this, of course, is simply pious fudge. - H. L. Mencken)
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