With an estimated seven-metre wing span, 40 razor-sharp teeth, a circular crest below its jaw and no living relatives, a new species of pterosaur discovered in outback Queensland is being touted as the closest thing Australia ever had to a mythical dragon.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/it-wasnt-built-to-eat-broccoli-australias-largest-dragon-unveiled
No living relatives is a good thing.
fsm said:
With an estimated seven-metre wing span, 40 razor-sharp teeth, a circular crest below its jaw and no living relatives, a new species of pterosaur discovered in outback Queensland is being touted as the closest thing Australia ever had to a mythical dragon.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/it-wasnt-built-to-eat-broccoli-australias-largest-dragon-unveiled
Nice. I was watching the David Attenborough program about pterosaurs last night.
The way the pterosaurs flew in the animations was just wrong. And in the image above. If a heavy head flew at the end of an outstretched neck like that then the animal would be totally unbalanced and rapidly crash dive nose first into the ocean.
Either the neck has to be held tight up against the body while flying, like the Pelican shown below.
Or the wings have to be sloping strongly forwards at the shoulder joints.
An Australian ‘dragon’?
China will be furious!
mollwollfumble said:
fsm said:
With an estimated seven-metre wing span, 40 razor-sharp teeth, a circular crest below its jaw and no living relatives, a new species of pterosaur discovered in outback Queensland is being touted as the closest thing Australia ever had to a mythical dragon.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/aug/09/it-wasnt-built-to-eat-broccoli-australias-largest-dragon-unveiled
Nice. I was watching the David Attenborough program about pterosaurs last night.
The way the pterosaurs flew in the animations was just wrong. And in the image above. If a heavy head flew at the end of an outstretched neck like that then the animal would be totally unbalanced and rapidly crash dive nose first into the ocean.
Either the neck has to be held tight up against the body while flying, like the Pelican shown below.
Or the wings have to be sloping strongly forwards at the shoulder joints.
The really big long-necked pterosaurs couldn’t bend their necks like that – the neck vertebrae were long and quite rigid.
The skull was large but very lightweight.
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
dv said:
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
dv said:
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
And Brassicaceae in general first emerged about 41 million years ago, long after the extinction of the pterosaurs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassicaceae
Boris said:
dv said:
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
dv said:
Boris said:
dv said:
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyZjxGTsA0k
dv said:
Boris said:
dv said:
Safe bet, as broccoli didn’t exist until about 3000 years ago.
I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
I’m obviously missing something.
sarahs mum said:
dv said:
Boris said:I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyZjxGTsA0k
Damn I was just listening to some SJ today
dv said:
sarahs mum said:
dv said:Golf clap
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyZjxGTsA0k
Damn I was just listening to some SJ today
sarahs mum said:
dv said:
sarahs mum said:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyZjxGTsA0k
Damn I was just listening to some SJ today
and now you have listened to more. who knew?
The ancients knew
sibeen said:
dv said:
Boris said:I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
I’m obviously missing something.
The James Bond films, including 2008’s Quantum of Solace but excluding 1967’s Casino Royale and 1983’s Never Say Never Again, were produced by Albert Broccoli, and, after he died, his daughter Barbara, though their producion company Eon Productions Ltd..
sibeen said:
dv said:
Boris said:I think there is a quantum of solace in that.
Golf clap
I’m obviously missing something.
you are, but as I am turning over a new leaf and being nice i am not going to tell you what it is you are missing.
