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fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 days ago

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    Quetzalcoatlus northropi is the scariest dinosaur I’ve ever seen.

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      I can only imagine what those huge beaks were for. Like diving from the sky at some prey, simply punching it straight through it like a huge spear.

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        they’re giant chopsticks, the image in the OP shows how it’d probably look as they walk around picking unsuspecting lizards from the ground.

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        My money is on heron style since they can stalk around and look down through cover:

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          We scared up a Blue Heron at the swamp last month. Seen plenty of them from a slight distance. They are monsters up close.

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        And where exactly will you hide?

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      Not a dinosaur, but yes

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