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[–] 114 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It's odd that razor sharp teeth is kind of the gold standard for a scary animal, but honestly, getting swallowed whole and slowly digested by stomach acid sounds so much more horrific. I'd so much rather a T-Rex eat me than that.

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    [–] 103 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    WTF?! Is that a bird or a starship?
    shape of hetzigopteryx from above

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    [–] 84 points 2 years ago (3 children)
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    Well, that sounds like a lot, until you realise that mfking seagulls can eat rabbits.

    Your link mentions them weighing "a quarter of a ton". Now, idk what "ton" theyre using there, but a quarter of a US ton would be "only" 226 kg. That's ~500lbs.

    I'd like to remind everyone that a reality TV-show called "My 600-lb life" exists.

    So regarding hypothetical horror scenarios, I'm not too fussed about the overgrown seagull as much as I am about the feathered 4000-8000kg monster with a skull almost the size of an adult woman running at me at 70km/h.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    Here's another comparison picture, though I'm not sure if it's valid or not. Looks cool, regardless.

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    [–] 70 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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    [–] 53 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nowadays the most dangerous birdy is this one, capable of gutting you with a kick and they don't hesitate to do so either.

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    [–] 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Despite its size, it only weighed about 250 lbs. Most of its skull is hollow.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Depends, did it speak German?

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    This must be a poor reconstruction, no? how could this possibly fly? Tiny wings and a massive imbalance with like 2/3 of the thing being neck and head?

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    There's a little of both in play here.

    First, the whole black and white part of the illustration is a neck flap that may or may not have existed. It makes the neck look super thick, but it was just the artist's interpretation.

    Second, penguins. Pterosaurs have big, hollow heads and skeletons that look like they should have flown. The same can be said of penguins.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Almost the entire weight of the animal on the drawing is between its wings, and by that human there, there are more than 10 m of wingspan. Many small aiplanes are smaller than it.

    Pterosaurs had a very unusual body shape that is nothing like birds.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Idk I’m still partial to quetzacoaltus!

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    [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Pelicans for humans

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