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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 10, 2024 10:31:36 GMT
*A shadow from above falls over the tour group as a large pterosaur lands on the sand*Check out this beautiful Quetzalcoatlus northropi, one of the largest flying animals ever discovered. Adults have a wingspan of between ten and eleven metres, more than twice as large as that of the Wandering albatross.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 10, 2024 12:36:49 GMT
Yes, it's beautiful, but dangerous. Did they hunt in packs?
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 10, 2024 13:27:28 GMT
Yes, it's beautiful, but dangerous. Did they hunt in packs? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 11, 2024 10:23:16 GMT
*Tour group leaves the beach, wanders further into the shade of the forest, coming across an odd-looking creature resting on a riverbank* Koolasuchus, or as I like to call them, "Giant tadpoles with legs". They generally live in fast-moving rivers, occasionally moving to other bodies of freshwater depending on where the most food is available. |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 14, 2024 12:26:57 GMT
*A pair of large fish thrash around near the riverbank. The Koolasuchus returns to the water in search of a meal*
Let's move on and see what else we can find. Oh, and please feel free to ask questions if you have any.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 19, 2024 16:29:24 GMT
Yes, it's beautiful, but dangerous. Did they hunt in packs? Gotcha!  |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 22, 2024 12:57:27 GMT
*A large feathered dino stops near the tour group, using its long claws to pull vegetation off the trees*One of my favourite dinos, Therizinosaurus. The hand claws each measure more than half a metre long, the longest claws of any known land animal. When it was first discovered in Mongolia in 1948, palaeontologists thought it was a giant turtle. It wasn't until 1970 that Russian palaeontologist, Anatoly K. Rozhdestvensky, suggested that the fossils actually belonged to a dinosaur. What's strange is that, despite being classed as a Theropod, as you can see, it's adopted a vegetarian lifestyle rather than being a predator, like its carnivorous relatives.
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 22, 2024 13:59:01 GMT
it's adopted a vegetarian lifestyle rather than being a predator, like its carnivorous relatives. Strange. Was that usual? |
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Post by Talira Greycrest on Nov 23, 2024 1:14:53 GMT
it's adopted a vegetarian lifestyle rather than being a predator, like its carnivorous relatives. Strange. Was that usual? |
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Post by Tix Mascot on Nov 23, 2024 11:35:35 GMT
Therizinosaurids are the only group of Theropods to change to being vegetarians. I guess tht they are the odd ones out, then. Thanks for digging up such interesting trivia, BTW! |
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