Saturday, 4 November 2017

One of the largest animals to fly: Fearsome pterosaur

The 70-million-year-old remains of an enormous flying predator that feasted on baby dinosaurs have been discovered in Mongolia.
The flesh-eating reptile, which was the size of a small plane with a wingspan stretching 11 metres (36ft), was likely one of the largest animals ever to fly. 
It could have walked on all fours using its wings as front limbs to stalk prey on the ground, researchers said, and would have stood as tall as a giraffe.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5039613/Flying-predator-size-plane-discovered-Mongolia.html#ixzz4xTJWDlNe
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