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« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2005, 05:41:06 PM »
There's one called a Quetzlcoatl that has a wingspan of 50 feet.



Btw, there's a bird that's around (around as in the Bigfoot sense) that has a wingspan of 20-30 feet.  It's called the Thunderbird.




Also, birds and the like eat an incredible amount of energy.  To sustain flight they need to eat all of the time and eat many times their body mass.
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« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2005, 05:53:51 PM »
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There's one called a Quetzlcoatl that has a wingspan of 50 feet.



Btw, there's a bird that's around (around as in the Bigfoot sense) that has a wingspan of 20-30 feet.  It's called the Thunderbird.




Also, birds and the like eat an incredible amount of energy.  To sustain flight they need to eat all of the time and eat many times their body mass.


well that would explain why the villagers were all afraid of the dragons:)
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« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2005, 05:58:03 PM »
When I say Quetzlcoatl, I mean something as stereotypically Pterodactyl looking.  It's been dead since the Dino's have been gone (with the obligatory few sightings since).



When I say Thunderbird, I mean a huge ****ing Eagle.  MANY MANY sightings in the US and Mexico AS WELL AS video evidence of it.  The only reason it's not a known animal to the scientific community is that in the video, there is not much to establish a scale.
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« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2005, 06:03:48 PM »
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When I say Thunderbird, I mean a huge ****ing Eagle. MANY MANY sightings in the US and Mexico AS WELL AS video evidence of it. The only reason it's not a known animal to the scientific community is that in the video, there is not much to establish a scale.



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« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2005, 06:14:28 PM »
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When I say Quetzlcoatl, I mean something as stereotypically Pterodactyl looking.  It's been dead since the Dino's have been gone (with the obligatory few sightings since).
 


You may wanna check out this link
http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/ancient/ancient.htm




"In 1945 archeologist Waldemar Julsrud discovered clay figurines buried at the foot of El Toro Mountain on the outskirts of Acambaro, Mexico. Eventually over 33,000 ceramic figurines were found in the area and identified with the Pre-classical Chupicuaro Culture (800 BC to 200 AD). The authenticity of Julsrud’s find has been challenged because the huge collection included dinosaurs. In 1954 the Mexican government sent a team of archeologists to investigate. In 1955 Charles Hapgood, professor of Anthropology at UNH, conducted an elaborate investigation including extensive radiometric dating and thermoluminescent testing by the University of Pennsylvania. In 1990 an investigation was conducted by Neal Steedy, an archeologist who works with the Mexican government. Thus Julsrud’s work has survived numerous tests and the Mexican government has even imprisoned two men for selling these artifacts on the black market. Moreover, the dinosaurs are modeled in very agile, active poses, fitting well with the latest scientific evidence and lending credence to the artists having actually observed these creatures. Like the Ica Stones, some sauropod’s are depicted with a distinctive spinal frill. There was extinct ice-age horse remains, the skeleton of a woolly mammoth, and a number of ancient human skulls found at the same location as the ceramic artifacts, validating the antiquity of the site (Hapgood, Charles, 2000, p.82). Further evidence of the authenticity of Julsrud’s finds is the Iguanodon dinosaur figurine. In the 1940s and 1950s, the Iguanodon was completely unknown. No hoaxer could have known of the Iguanodon’s existence, much less made a model, for it wasn’t until 1978 or 1979 that skeletons of adult Iguanodons were found with nests and babies. "

Also, drawn by North American indians





Outlined for detail


Facinating to wonder how they knew what they looked like if they didnt live in the same time period
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« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2005, 06:16:53 PM »
I love stuff like this.  If it wasn't for the fact that Cryptozoologists make no money at all, I would have been one.
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« Reply #21 on: March 18, 2005, 06:24:43 PM »
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I love stuff like this.  If it wasn't for the fact that Cryptozoologists make no money at all, I would have been one.


So do I.

Thats why Im gonna watch the show:)
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« Reply #22 on: March 18, 2005, 06:28:26 PM »
length as in beak to tail, the wingspan (width)had to be that big to lift that load.

the point is, skeleton/muscle cant lift past certain weight. nothing bigger than a pony can fly on its own muscle power if i remember correctly. Glide perhaps, fly.. no.

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« Reply #23 on: March 18, 2005, 07:10:14 PM »
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length as in beak to tail, the wingspan (width)had to be that big to lift that load.

the point is, skeleton/muscle cant lift past certain weight. nothing bigger than a pony can fly on its own muscle power if i remember correctly. Glide perhaps, fly.. no.


Hmmm.

wow maybe we should be looking into Pegasus too!:lol

Thing is there have already been animals larger then a pony that flew See the Pterosaur above

body length  head to toe looks to be about half of the total wing length which would make it around ten feet.

Dont know if there are any 10 foot ponies lol
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« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2005, 01:44:19 AM »
Eh, not really Dred.  Think of it as nothing more then the mass of a donkey can fly.  Not size or length.

Pretty much (as far as we can tell), everything has applied to this rule so far.

Oh sorry Elfie, totally missed your post:

http://www.cryptozoology.com/gallery/display_picture.php?id=2209

http://www.cryptozoology.com/cryptids/thunderbird.php
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