I swear I saw a Pterodactyl , page 7

Originally posted by EarthEvolves
reply to post by blocula

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Perhaps the oceanic environment is more conservative than land environments. "Water world" might not force life to adapt so differently over time. Even dolphins and fish converge in their basic body shape, despite their vastly different genotypes. Again, I am no biologist but it is an interesting question.

As for the ghost thing, well, I find politicians scarier than ghosts any day!

Especially the politicians who say what they think we want to hear...Ooops,i almost forgot...Thats all of them...

Theres been sightings of prehistoric looking monster birds just a few miles down the street from where i live here in Mass. within the infamous Bridgewater Traingle and its been called the most haunted area on earth.The town i live in is actually inside one of its outer edges > www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com...

reply to post by blocula

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Again, no evolutionary biologist am I, but "primitive looking" has no biological reality to it. There is no clade called "primitive." A clade is defined by specific traits, not by something broad like that. Primitive flying reptiles looked a lot like modern birds in many cases, with feathers, as we have discovered lately. I also doubt that birds would remain the same over millions of years. Even oceanic creatures like sharks and mollusks have changed even while admittedly keeping certain basic structures suited to life in the ocean.

Animals are constrained by their forms and adaptations (or spandrels if you prefer). Air and sea animals might be more constrained than land ones, but still a modern surviving pterodactyl would not look like something from out of Land of the Lost (even the childhood actors in that show have probably grown up, married, divorced, married again, divorced...).

When you say beak to tail
need more details on the beak .. was it long and sharp ?

if it wasnt long at all then you probably saw
mommy dragon Real Dragon Found

it wasnt that big when you compared it with your windshield
cannot be a dragon the size of Draco
if your eyes didnt deceive you
then you probably witness the sight of a new dragon species
like a Raptor with wings

reply to post by worriedskeptic

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I would hope any surviving pter's would have evolved in to something else right now. Maybe bigger and badder!

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