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Yeah, that's right. I'm posting pterosaurs on the commie instance. What are you going to do about it?

Anyway, giant pterosaurs are cool. They're also kind of terrifying. Nature is weird.

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[–] Formerlyfarman@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago

I think the idea is that they were large warm blooded creatures, and earth was hotter back then, so in order to thermoregulate they would have been leathery Like a phant or a rino instead of fluffy. The smaller ones should look like fowl, probably up to bear size.