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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago

Almost the entire weight of the animal on the drawing is between its wings, and by that human there, there are more than 10 m of wingspan. Many small aiplanes are smaller than it.

Pterosaurs had a very unusual body shape that is nothing like birds.