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Topic Started: Apr 30 2012, 01:29 PM (476 Views)
JohnFaa	Apr 30 2012, 01:29 PM Post #1
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	http://pterosaur-net.blogspot.pt/2012/04/its-dumb-its-awesome-its-our-lives-with.html Turns out azhdarchids really could eat people... By the way, do you think civilisation would take off if azhdarchids were alive?



lamna	Apr 30 2012, 01:34 PM Post #2
In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, sacrifice. Posts: 13,480 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Of course it would. It did with lions and wolves at the gates, a bunch of fuzzy crocodiles won't stop it.



Russwallac	Apr 30 2012, 01:36 PM Post #3
"Ta-da!" Posts: 2,897 Group: Members Member #574 Joined: May 27, 2011 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Hominidae, Homo sapiens sapiens Favorite Quote: One cannot define what life IS, but we sure as heck can define what it ISN'T.	It took off when there were a lot nastier animals around... We have a habit of killing off anything that threatens us.



JohnFaa	Apr 30 2012, 01:36 PM Post #4
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	The problem is that none of those things can fly everywhere, and thus return...



lamna	Apr 30 2012, 01:42 PM Post #5
In war, victory. In peace, vigilance. In death, sacrifice. Posts: 13,480 Group: Global Mods Member #26 Joined: Jul 1, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: British	Ooooh sounds like someone's secretly whacking off to pterosaur porn. They are animals, they'd learn to avoid us or perish.



colddigger	Apr 30 2012, 02:50 PM Post #6
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,112 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	That's what throwing spears is for.



whachamacallit2	Apr 30 2012, 04:06 PM Post #7
Guy who yells at squirrels Posts: 465 Group: Members Member #718 Joined: Feb 20, 2012 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: Multiracial American	We would rise to civilization, unless a pterosaur became a sophont first. But since we're not looking at that, what would happen is that we would have probably killed off almost all the large pterosaurs, with maybe the exception of an African or Asia species, since they would've adapted with us and managed to learn how to hunt-or how not to hunt-us.



Watcher In The Puddle	Apr 30 2012, 04:32 PM Post #8
Spaghetti Posts: 2,581 Group: Members Member #450 Joined: Dec 18, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: Spanish Favorite Quote: "In a game like this there is no way to win. Only lose more slowly."	If these guys manage to stick around until we evolve, the probabilities that big specimens survive us is pitifully low. Dude, we could probably wipe out dragons during the stone age, a bunch of giant baby eating storks with delicate bodies isnt really gonna be a serious threat to the species. Also, if they survive until the modern age: guns.



Watcher In The Puddle	Apr 30 2012, 04:32 PM Post #9
Spaghetti Posts: 2,581 Group: Members Member #450 Joined: Dec 18, 2010 Gender: Male Nationality: Spanish Favorite Quote: "In a game like this there is no way to win. Only lose more slowly."	Interesting blog though.



JohnFaa	Apr 30 2012, 05:18 PM Post #10
Adveho in mihi Lucifer Posts: 7,699 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	Watcher In The Puddle Apr 30 2012, 04:32 PM If these guys manage to stick around until we evolve, the probabilities that big specimens survive us is pitifully low. Dude, we could probably wipe out dragons during the stone age, a bunch of giant baby eating storks with delicate bodies isnt really gonna be a serious threat to the species. Also, if they survive until the modern age: guns. I don't want to sound like a pterosauraboo, but flying animals aren't "delicate bodied". The dromaeosaur tooth found in an azhdarchid bone was broken; the walls were thin, but the inner structure was quite hard. Same for birds, really; it's a misconception that hollow bones = weakness. That said, I suppose the giant azhdarchids would probably be decimated alongside the rest of the megafauna due to anthropogenic influence. Smaller species would almost certainly survive, but they'd probably not pose a threat.



colddigger	Apr 30 2012, 05:54 PM Post #11
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,112 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	That is unless they learned to steer clear of people and prey on other things, then because they fly they may not be viewed as a common food source. Perhaps a more special one though.



Tartarus	Apr 30 2012, 06:07 PM Post #12
Adult Posts: 535 Group: Members Member #705 Joined: Feb 1, 2012 Gender: Male Nationality: Australian	Out of curiosity, does anyone on this thread know what is the largest weight a creature in Earth's gravity can become before it becomes impossible to have wings large enough to give it enough lift for flight? Cause I imagine that even with all the weight saving strategies, the largest adzharchids would still weigh more than the largest modern flying creatures. And having a human-sized meal in the stomach adds extra weight. Edited by Tartarus, Apr 30 2012, 06:07 PM.



dialforthedevil	Apr 30 2012, 06:34 PM Post #13
Frumentarii Administrator Posts: 6,053 Group: Members Member #323 Joined: Jun 8, 2010 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Alternative Evolution Favorite Quote: "Every Human life is a spark in the darkness..."	I think the best example of this is the good ol' Haast's Eagle. If we can't kill the bastards themselves then we kill everything else they eat, and hunt their children. Darwin bless Homo Sapiens.



Flishstar	Apr 30 2012, 07:40 PM Post #14
Adult Posts: 689 Group: Members Member #166 Joined: Apr 25, 2009 Gender: Male Area of expertise: Xenobiology Nationality: American Favorite Quote: Life is a crystal. -Ian Malcom	Watcher In The Puddle Apr 30 2012, 04:32 PM If these guys manage to stick around until we evolve, the probabilities that big specimens survive us is pitifully low. Dude, we could probably wipe out dragons during the stone age, a bunch of giant baby eating storks with delicate bodies isnt really gonna be a serious threat to the species. Also, if they survive until the modern age: guns. IIRC hollow bones are less likely to break than solid bones.



colddigger	Apr 30 2012, 08:04 PM Post #15
Joke's over! Love, Parasky Posts: 6,112 Group: Members Member #143 Joined: Feb 28, 2009 Gender: Male Nationality: Canadian. Just like Phasey! Favorite Quote: "If it weren't for the gutter my mind would be homeless!" - BaliTiger23	Clearly the Goliath Beetle with it's gargantuan mass is the largest an organism can become using natural Earthly methods of flight. Edited by colddigger, Apr 30 2012, 08:04 PM.



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