Re: FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE . . . PTEROSAURS HAVE LIFT OFF!

[jrc <jrccea@bellsouth.net>]

With the rather poorly foldable wings of pterosaurs, wouldn't dropping out 
of a tree tend to imply that the critters were launching from the lowest 
branch on the tree?  Otherwise, I can just see them going whackedy, whack, 
whack on the way down ?  :-)
JimC

----- Original Message ----- 
> > If perching on branches bipedally, a simple drop and fly seems 
> > appropriate.
>
> If it was a percher, then yes.  But perching may have been the exception 
> rather than the rule for pterosaurs (if it happened at all).