Flying dinosaur preferred to hoof it while hunting


	Flying dinosaur preferred to hoof it while hunting

hitchhiker08

6-2-2008 12:41 AM

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azhdarchid, dinosaur, pterosaurs, fossils, research

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Like a 30 foot tall 'tweezer'?!

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<P class="caption" id="articleImgCap"><STRONG>THE AZHDARCHID:</STRONG> A study of azhdarchid anatomy, footprints and the distribution of their fossils shows these flying reptiles,which could grow as big as a giraffe and have a wingspan of up to 33 feet (10 meters), probably preferred to hunt on foot.<BR /><SPAN>Courtesy of Mark Witton</SPAN></p> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-may-30">That's what the winged azhdarchid dinosaur apparently figured while on the hunt back in the day—65 million to 230 million years ago. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-may-30">Researchers at the <A href="http://www.plosone.org/doi/pone.0002271">University of Portsmouth in England report</A> in <EM>PLoS ONE</EM> that the dinos were more likely to stalk prey on foot than by flying over and swooping in for the kill. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-may-30">azhdarchids—which could grow as tall as giraffes, with wingspans of up to 33 feet (10 meters)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=news-bytes-may-30">Azhdarchids' closest relatives today: large ground-feeding <A href="http://www.sciam.com/topic.cfm?id=birds">birds</A> such as ground-hornbills and storks.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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