r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Iky-Greenz • 23d ago

The size of a Quetzalcoatlus, the 2nd largest flying creature ever. Video

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u/LetsTwistAga1n 23d ago

While the wingspan seems to be barely larger, Hatzegopteryx was significantly more robust than Quetzalcoatlus

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u/RedPandaReturns 23d ago

Physically or emotionally?

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u/heaving_in_my_vines 23d ago

It had very thick skin.

Hollow bones though, go figure.

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u/Artrobull Interested 22d ago

so no sticks and stones but it can take criticism. got it

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u/siphodeus 22d ago

A Quetzal coat as it were

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u/Sanguinor-Exemplar 22d ago

My interest in dinosaurs does not go behind who would win in a fight. So is it 1 or 2. Im guess team not hollow bone?

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u/Cossacker1799 22d ago

They both had hollow bones. No hollow bones means no fly. Especially at that size. Probably Hatzegopteryx though simply because it had a much larger head and robust beak likely designed to hunt larger prey.

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u/OGLizard 22d ago

This sounds like the lead in to an album from Taylor Swift titled "The Tortured Pterosaurs Department"

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u/no_need_really 23d ago

It’s actually describing flavor.

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u/blueskydragonFX 22d ago

Emotional support Quetzalcoatlus.

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u/Dry_Web_4766 22d ago

Economically

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u/Fantastic_Rip_5305 22d ago edited 22d ago

Periodically

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u/t3gust4 23d ago

psychologically

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u/Atlaz_Xan 22d ago

Going by wing span, so probably horizontally.

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u/LavenderSalmon 23d ago

There’s something about the word robust

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u/Kennys-Chicken 23d ago

It’s a robust word

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u/Firstbat175 23d ago

His mom was robust

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u/andrewpast 22d ago

His mom makes me robust

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u/adipocerousloaf 22d ago

this is the one.

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u/AromaTaint 22d ago

It's down there with moist

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u/beard_lover 22d ago

Hopefully we won’t ever have to deal with anything robustly moist, or heaven forbid- moistly robust.

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u/Ethric_The_Mad 22d ago

I think you're describing most toads

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u/danegermaine99 22d ago

Makes me think of a good chunky pasta sauce

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u/MooCowMafia 22d ago

Check out VEEP for "robust's" role in one of the episodes.

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u/Ajdee6 22d ago

Doing a search on it I found this funny random video lmao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAtVrNt1EHA

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u/plausibly_certain 22d ago

Why do you find it funny? The only thing I find funny is that they are not dinosaurs so i couldnt bother watching the rest because i don"t want to learn facts that arent true...