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Hatzegopteryx (mander.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 84 points 7 months ago (40 children)

Whoa… that damn thing could eat a horse.

“Hatzegopteryx belonged to the pterosaur family, which were previously thought to only eat smaller prey. But researchers have now realized that they could eat other dinosaurs and animals as big as a horse.”

[–] [email protected] 60 points 7 months ago (29 children)

Well, that sounds like a lot, until you realise that mfking seagulls can eat rabbits.

Your link mentions them weighing "a quarter of a ton". Now, idk what "ton" theyre using there, but a quarter of a US ton would be "only" 226 kg. That's ~500lbs.

I'd like to remind everyone that a reality TV-show called "My 600-lb life" exists.

So regarding hypothetical horror scenarios, I'm not too fussed about the overgrown seagull as much as I am about the feathered 4000-8000kg monster with a skull almost the size of an adult woman running at me at 70km/h.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 7 months ago (19 children)

Here's another comparison picture, though I'm not sure if it's valid or not. Looks cool, regardless.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Unrelated, but I love scientific pictures that almost look like shitposts 😀

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

"smells like bitch in here"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

fr lmao

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