Posted on 06/14/2019 8:58:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Previously, pterodactyls were thought to only be able to take to the air once they had grown to almost full size, just like birds or bats. This assumption was based on fossilised embryos of the creatures found in China that had poorly developed wings...
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.
The research has also challenged the current view that pterodactyls behaved in a similar way to birds and bats and has provided possible answers to some key questions surrounding these animals. Since flaplings were able to both fly and grow from birth, this provides a possible explanation as to why they were able to reach enormous wingspans, far larger than any historic or current species of bird or bat. How they were able to carry out this process will require further research, but it is a question that wouldn't have been posed without these recent developments in our understanding.
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But did they taste like ptchicken?
“...think what kind of goofy look I must have had on my face....”
I can tell you right now :^)
Slack-jawed, wide-eyed, with the “OMGSHESTHEMOSTBEAUTIFULWOMANIVEEVERSEEN!” expression, followed by “OMGIHOPEIDONTHAVEAZITONMYFACE!!!!” look.
THAT’s what you had... Hahah!!! Just like anyone of us would have.
When the pteradactyl dropped Billy in that scene... he was really just marinating him... for later...
The first pic... I needed eye bleach.
The second pic... Good god, man... THE Wonderwoman of my youth (followed a close second by Suzanne Somers and third by Farrah Fawcett).
“...did they taste like ptchicken?...”
With a little “Franks Hot Sauce”... they used to put that sh*t on everything back then....
There she is again... SHE, Who Must Be Adored... and OBEYED.
Prehistoric CAT FIGHT!!!!
Raquel Welch was the closest thing to perfection ever put on this Earth.
It would more likely be Grant #11 to be followed by #12.
This sort of thing has been going on a long time.
Wilma’s a BABE!!!!
Haha!!!!
Indeed, brother... indeed.
Sharon Tate was a beauty too...
She is Fine... no doubt.
But Raquel was just raw sexuality... in an All-American Girl sorta way.
Ann Margret was like that too, just a hot ball of fire.
You got that right! What a contrast between her and "Hanoi Jane" Fonda.
Bob Hope dances with actress Raquel Welch during his 1967 Christmas tour of U.S. bases in the Far East. Among the other performers on the tour were singer Barbara McNair and Miss World, Madeline Hartog Bel.
https://web.archive.org/web/20090724130135/http://www.stripes.com/photoday/welch/pages/welch_hope01.html
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FOXNEWS.COM HOME: YOUR WORLD W/ NEIL CAVUTO
Transcript: American Beauty
August 12, 2005
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: When you think of Hollywood legends or at least when I think of Hollywood legends, my next guest really comes to mind. She's a Golden Globe winner, she's a Broadway star, and did I mention, she is oh gosh she is a knockout. On Saturday [August 13, 2005], actress Raquel Welch will be honored by the Vietnam Veterans of America for entertaining the troops with Bob Hope back in 1968.
https://web.archive.org/web/20071115135833/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,165586,00.html
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