Re: pterosaur/bat wing membranes

["T. Michael Keesey" <keesey@gmail.com>]

On 4/16/06, Michael Habib <mhabib5@jhmi.edu> wrote:
>
> The only thing about habitual "poling" that worries me is that the
> animal cannot take off while wading in that manner.  If that was a
> major mode of feeding, it would leave a Quetz. individual very
> vulnerable much of the time.
>
> Any thoughts?

Who wants to attack something taller than a tyrannosaurid, no matter
how vulnerable?

As members of our strangely-upright species may be aware, the
appearance of size is sometimes enough. (Okay, not always, though....)
--
Mike Keesey
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