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Gigantic dinosaur-eating plane-size reptile discovered in Mongolia
FoxNews: Science ^
| Nov 2, 2017
Posted on 11/04/2017 7:12:50 PM PDT by ETL
A monstrous, meat-eating flying reptile that had a wingspan of a small airplane, could walk on all fours and stalked its prey on land has been found in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia.
Fortunately for us humans, who would have made for a delightful midday snack, this pterosaur is dead. Long dead. Seventy million years dead.
With an approximately 36-foot wingspan, “It might have been this quite robust, formidable predator,” Mark Witton, an expert on pterosaurs at the University of Portsmouth in the U.K., told National Geographic. “They seem to be feeding on things on the ground and are generalist in their ability to grab basically whatever they can fit in their beaks.”
Thankfully, that didn’t include humans, who weren’t around at the time. Scientists think this pterosaur had to settle for a diet of little dinosaurs. ..."
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science
KEYWORDS: dinosaurs; godsgravesglyphs; pterosaurs
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To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:36:18 PM PDT
by
fortheDeclaration
(Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
To: Fungi
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:36:52 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
“Go get em! Fetch em up, boy!”
“I think your two thousand dollar retriever just gave you the finger.”
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:37:22 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: ETL
Seventy Million Years DeadAs opposed to...
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:38:31 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Keepin' it analog.)
To: Fungi
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:39:27 PM PDT
by
ETL
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To: ETL
That’s one big(Jurassic) chicken!
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:39:32 PM PDT
by
RedMonqey
(` Res Ipsa Loquitor (The thing speaks for itself))
To: Redcitizen
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:42:47 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
To: ETL
I would challenge it to a modern eating contest. Meal is free if you can eat Hillary and Moochelle. It would be sure to barf on the first one.
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:43:34 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: Redcitizen
Looking at the drawings, I think of flying giraffes.
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I was thinking the same thing!
To: Pelham
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:44:03 PM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Nukes. See my FR page)
To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:47:22 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: ETL
Those guys better be careful!
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:47:32 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: ETL
They’re fun to hunt, but putting out the decoys will wear you out for the day.
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:48:34 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: ETL
He caught that tower right in Big Al & The Boys here - you know that had to hurt........
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:49:23 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
("If you find yourself in a fair fight, your tactics suck." - John Steinbeck)
To: ETL
They look like dull-colored oversized knobbed hornbills.
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:50:08 PM PDT
by
piasa
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To: ETL
“Has anybody seen Steve? He was just here feeding the pigeons.”
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:50:39 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Fungi
Agree
Mount St Helen’s is a great demonstration of geological features produced in hours and days, contrary to what was previously thought to take millions or years...
To: ETL
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posted on
11/04/2017 7:57:00 PM PDT
by
Fiddlstix
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To: ETL
...and after gel filtration and gas chromatography analysis, scientists have arrived at the conclusion that, “It tastes just like chicken!”
But seriously, thanks for the link. Very interesting.
To: blueunicorn6
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posted on
11/04/2017 8:00:09 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
(Zombie Hunter)
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