"The 16-Foot-Tall Reptilian Stork That Delivered Death ..." Topic

… Instead of Babies.

"The Mesoamerican god Quetzalcoatl is one of those great all-purpose deities — in contrast to, say, Verminus, the strangely specialized Roman god of cattle worms. A feathered serpent of sorts, Quetzalcoatl not only created the cosmos and the first people, but was also in charge of the wind, using it to, you guessed it, sweep roads and destroy existence.

This blustery god lends its name to one of the largest and most impressive creatures to ever take flight: Quetzalcoatlus northropi of the Cretaceous period, a pterosaur with a wingspan of some 33 feet that stood as tall as a giraffe. Like Quetzalcoatl, it was a feathered (well, sort of — more on that later) reptile, though Quetzalcoatlus had the body of a bat and the head and neck of a stork, except instead of delivering babies it delivered death. Which in a way makes it the exact opposite of a stork.

But with nowhere near a complete skeleton to work with, scientists are still trying to piece together exactly how Quetz looked and behaved. How exactly could a 16-foot-tall creature even get airborne? Why wouldn't it just fall out of the sky?…"

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Armand

Quetzalcoatlus had . . . the head and neck of a stork, except instead of delivering babies it delivered death.

Oh, my!

I would love a miniature of this.

Good idea!.

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Armand